Sample handling and splitting charges are utilized at the AHL to help cover the cost of increased technical time and consumables. Sending in pre-split or pre-pooled samples, as required, will increase efficiency and help to avoid handling fees.
Specimen Reception
The split sera or split tissues/feces fee is used in Specimen Reception for splitting samples that are needed for testing in multiple lab sections and/or for send out purposes. For example, bovine feces for a diarrhea workup - culture, cryptosporidia (sucrose wet mount) and rotavirus/coronavirus PCR – needs to be split 3 ways for the Bacteriology, Parasitology, and Virology labs. Samples in 3 separate containers are needed.
Bacteriology
This fee is used in bacteriology when sample pooling is requested.
Mycoplasmology/Molecular Biology
This fee is used in Mycoplasmology/Molecular Biology for separating serum and/or sorting samples.
Parasitology
This fee is used in Parasitology for pooling, sorting and/or transferring feces from gloves to containers.
Virology
Sample handling fees by laboratory section
| Lab section | Price | Details |
| Specimen reception | $3.00 | per serum sample |
| Specimen reception | $5.00 | per tissue/fecal sample |
| Bacteriology | $5.50 | per sample; for sample pooling |
| Mycoplasmology/Molecular Biology | $2.50 | per sample; for serum separation, sorting |
| Parasitology | $6.00 | for sample pooling, sorting, manipulation, etc. |
| Virology, sample handling | $0.90 | per sample; for serum separation, sorting, pooling |
Please feel free to contact us if you have questions about any of the above fees and how they are applied.
Any questions?? Contact us at:
Email – ahlinfo@uoguelph.ca [1] Phone – 519-824-4120 ext 54530 (AHL Guelph)