General Information - Vision and Mission statements for Laboratory Services Division
Vision and Mission statements for Laboratory Services Division:
Our Vision
We will be a laboratory partner of choice for government and universities in Canada, for agriculture, food safety, and animal health testing. We will also be a leader in providing high-value laboratory services to the private sector in selected niche markets.
Our Mission
Working together toward a healthier future … we provide high-value analytical and diagnostic services for the agricultural, food and veterinary sectors.
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The AHL is accredited by: • American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) – full accreditation, all species - www.aavld.org/accredited-laboratories • Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to ISO/IEC 17025 standard for accredited techniques and specific tests listed on our scope of accreditation http://palcan.scc.ca/specs/pdf/826_e.pdf • SCC for select tests under AHL flexible scope accreditation https://www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/sites/uoguelph.ca.ahl/files/AHLflexibleScopeApprovedTests_2018Nov02.pdf • Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation (CALA) to ISO/IEC 17025 standard for specific tests on our scope of accreditation www.cala.ca/scopes/2935.pdf • Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) - equine infectious anemia (EIA) |
Personnel at AHL-Guelph provide a wide range of veterinary laboratory tests in our specialty areas of:
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anatomic pathology, histotechnology and immunohistochemistry |
immunology/serology | parasitology |
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bacteriology |
molecular biology | toxicology |
| clinical pathology | mycoplasmology | virology |
AHL personnel continuously strive to develop improved tests and to optimize our testing spectrum. The AHL provides reports and consultations to support veterinary practitioners, our primary client group. We keep our Vet-clients apprised of AHL current activities, lab-based animal disease events and disease trends, by way of the quarterly AHL Newsletter and AHL LabNotes (available on the web at www.ahl.uoguelph.ca). The AHL is accredited for specific tests listed on our SCC scope of accreditation or “fixed scope”. There can be a lag in applying for and adding a test to a “fixed” scope, therefore the AHL has also become accredited for veterinary laboratory testing techniques (flexible scope).Personnel at AHL-Kemptville provide anatomic pathology services, forward specimens to AHL-Guelph for additional testing as required, and provide case co-ordination.
We also serve as the central source of provincial animal disease trend information. Changes in the patterns of existing disease, or the appearance of a new disease, are communicated to veterinarians, producers and industry groups. Laboratorians at the AHL are vigilant regarding surveillance for foreign animal diseases and zoonotic diseases. As a partner with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) in the Ontario Animal Health Network (OAHN), the AHL contributes to maintaining healthy animals and safe food in Ontario. http://oahn.ca
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