AHL LabNotes

SAMPLING & SUBMISSIONS
 
LabNote 27

Submission Instructions

 
LabNote 36
Clinical sampling for Virology testing at AHL - Sampling supplies  
LabNote 37
Viewing reports and invoices online  
LabNote 38
Sample handling and splitting charges at AHL  
LabNote 40
How to pool samples for submission to the AHL  
LabNote 41

Fixation and transport of large excisional biopsies

 
LabNote 43
Reporting of lab test results  
LabNote 46
Purolator Express Return Labels for Overnight Prepaid Courier Services  
LabNote 48
AHL Farmed Animal Submissions and Premises ID  
LabNote 50
Postmortem submissions via Courier  
LabNote 63
SARS COV-2 (COVID-19): Animal Testing at the Animal Health Laboratory  
TEST INFORMATION
 
LabNote 22
Which test for an infectious agent? When?  
LabNote 29
Summary of Influenza A virus testing  
LabNote 35
Making sense of Salmonella spp. serotyping results  
LabNote 45
Maximizing the benefit of surgical biopsies  
LabNote 59
GC/MS-LC/MS multi-residue method  
LabNote 64
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST)  
BOVINE 
 
LabNote 1
Summary of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) testing at the AHL  
LabNote 4
Nutritional and metabolic profile testing of dairy cows  
LabNote 19
Liver Biopsy procedure in cattle  
EQUINE
 
LabNote 20
Equine herpes virus 1 disease surveillance  
LabNote 55
Handling submissions requesting Equine neurological disease testing  
LabNote 56
Equine PPID and EMS testing  
AVIAN
 
LabNote 3
Collecting and submitting poultry blood samples to the AHL  
LabNote 17
Avian bornavirus and proventricular dilation disease  
LabNote 26
Tips for pet bird pathology submissions to the AHL  
LabNote 54
Blackhead (histomoniasis) in small turkey flocks  
LabNote 58
Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) infections in small poultry flocks  
LabNote 60
Avian reovirus testing of hock joints, sampling and submission  
LabNote 62
Diagnosing respiratory disease in backyard chickens  
LabNote 65
Avian Influenza Testing Protocol for Practitioners  
SWINE
 
LabNote 30
Porcine PEDV and PDCoV testing at the AHL  
CANINE
 
LabNote 57 
Canine Influenza Information  
LabNote 61

Brucella Canis Resources and Information for Veterinarians  

 
OTHER SPECIES
 
LabNote 5
Recommendations for testing for bovine viral diarrhea virus in alpacas and llamas  
LabNote 32
Honey bee testing at the AHL  
LabNote 53
Seoul Virus testing in Rats  
LabNote 66

RHDV (Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus) testing at AHL

 
POSTMORTEM
 
LabNote 2
Tips for practitioners for field postmortems  
LabNote 33
Brain removal in field postmortems  
LabNote 34
Field and clinic postmortems I: Simplified protocol and image list  
LabNote 42
Field and clinic postmortems: Simplified protocol and image list