Providing comprehensive DNA solutions for livestock breeders, veterinarians, and industry professionals.
Services include:
- Livestock Parentage and Identity Testing using the ISAG STR Panel
- Pedigree Reconstruction
- Freemartin (FMA) & Genetic Abnormality
- Equine Racing & Doping Control
- Export & Traceability Testing
- Testing for Quality Control Programs
- AI Industry Quality Control including confirmation of sex sorting
Heritable Traits of Interest:
- Equine
- Coat Colour Testing
- Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP)
- Congenital Stationary Night Blindness (CSNB / LP)
- Bovine
- Milk protein (Kappa-casein)
- Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
- Complex Vertebral Malformation (CVM)
- Bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (BLAD)
- Swine
- Porcine Stress Syndrome (PSS)
- Goat
- G6-Sulfatase Deficiency (G6S)
The DNA Lab - A Division of Mériuex NutriSciences
The DNA Lab is the largest and most experienced private DNA Laboratory in Canada and is now part of Merieux Nutrisciences.
The Mériuex NutriSciences Guelph DNA Laboratory became the first laboratory in Canada to be accredited under the forensic testing guidelines of the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), meeting ISO17025 requirements.
Decades of Expertise
Since becoming accredited in 2000, The DNA Lab has been the sole provider of forensic DNA testing services to the RCMP under the provision of a Standing Offer. In total, The DNA Lab has worked with over 350 law enforcement agencies across Canada.
State-of-the-Art PCR-Based Technology
The DNA Lab uses state-of-the-art PCR-based technology and facilities to conduct DNA testing that meets the international standards required of forensic laboratories for criminal casework analysis. In addition, each member of The DNA Lab team of forensic scientists has years of valuable experience and significant expertise in their field. Our scientists are often called as expert witnesses in court cases.
