News

To our valued Clients,

With a potential strike at Canada Post this week, the volume of shipments via Purolator may increase. Here are our recommendations for shipping your specimens to AHL Guelph.

If possible, you can drop off your samples at AHL Guelph Specimen Reception – the vestibule is open for sample drop off from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

You can take your package to a local Purolator drop off location, if you are unable to reach and arrange pickup through their call centre:

To our valued Clients,

The University of Guelph is having a campus wide electrical shut down on Sunday April 27th. AHL Specimen Room will remain open for submission and post mortem drop offs however there will be no opportunity for emergency post mortems except in exceptional circumstances. You must call AHL at 519-824-4120 ext 54530 if you are requesting post mortem drop offs for this date. Please note this does not affect AHL Kemptville.

To our valued clients,                                                                                                                                     

On March 6, 2025, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) revoked the primary control zone in the Guelph area which included the Animal Health Laboratory.

Permits are no longer required to ship poultry samples or carcasses to AHL.

March 2025 Newsletter

To all clients in Eastern Ontario,

Animal Health Lab Kemptville is OPEN but running at reduced staffing today, February 13, 2025 due to inclement weather. Delays in reporting of test results from this location may be expected. 

Please address any inquiries to ahlkempt@uoguelph.ca or 613 258 8320.

Monday, February 17, 2025 is a statutory holiday and there will be no testing done at the Animal Health Laboratory.

Specimen Reception at the Animal Health Laboratory - Guelph location will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for receiving specimens and  for out-of-hours emergency necropsies only (call first).

The Animal Health Laboratory Kemptville will be closed.

Have a safe and Happy Family Day long weekend from everyone at the Animal Health Laboratory!

To our valuable clients,

We are happy to announce that we have retained stock of our companion animal gram positive and gram negative MIC plates and are able to resume MIC AST testing at this time. 

We appreciate your patience and understanding while we dealt with these back order issues.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has designated a primary control zone for a premises in the Guelph area with an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Therefore, a permit is required to ship poultry samples or carcasses to AHL.

A CFIA general control permit is available here.

A copy of the prefilled permit with AHL details is available here.