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• Plant and Animal Health Branch
  • Animal Health Centre
    • Introduction
    • Staff Directory
    • Laboratory Sections
      • Pathology
      • Histopathology
      • Bacteriology
      • Virology
      • Toxicology
      • Molecular Diagnostics
      • Serology
    • Laboratory Services and Forms
      • Specimen Submission
      • Test & Shipping Instructions
      • Charges
      • Laboratory Tests
      • Submission Forms
    • Reportable Diseases
    • Poultry Health
    • Fish Health
    • Current Topics
    • Animal Health Monitor
    • FADES Support Plan
    • BSE Information
    • West Nile Virus
  • Livestock Health Management and Regulatory Unit
  • Plant Health Unit

Serology

The Serology Lab is a  laboratory located in the Abbotsford Agriculture Centre. Created as part of the on-going Broiler Health Program, it is funded by the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and the broiler and breeder producers via the B.C. Broiler Hatching Egg Commission.

The AHSL has been accredited by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for Equine Infectious Anemia, Enzootic Bovine Leucosis, Infectious Bursal Disease (ratites), and Brucella testing. This lab is also an approved Johne's Disease (M. avium ssp paratuberculosis) testing lab, having successfully passed NVSL (National Veterinary Services Lab of the USDA) serology and fecal culture panels since 1999. For further information click on the links below:

Serology

Culture

Pooling

E. Zabek, BSc, Senior Laboratory Scientist
T. Roddick, Tech. Dipl., Laboratory Scientist
R. Yemen, Tech. Dipl., Laboratory Scientist

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