State Animal Health Laboratories Western Australia

Animal Health Laboratories, South Perth

For emergency animal disease reporting, contact the Emergency Animal Disease hotline number on 1800 675 888

The Animal Health Laboratories (AHL) provides a variety of services including testing for disease surveillance and control, export certification, development of new tests, research on livestock diseases and laboratory support for research on animal production.

AHL offers a range of diagnostic, research and advisory services across a number of scientific disciplines including:

• animal disease diagnosis and investigation
• diagnosis and investigation of diseases in aquatic species – in association with the Department of Fisheries Western Australia
• veterinary pathology – including necropsy, histopathology and electron microscopy
• veterinary microbiology – including bacteriology (terrestrial and aquatic animals), virology, mycology (terrestrial and aquatic animals) and mycobacteriology
• veterinary biochemistry – including analytical services in clinical chemistry, nutrition and toxicology
• veterinary parasitology.

Submissions can be made via the laboratory submission form, which is available by calling AHL on +61 (0)8 9368 3351.