Laboratory Services Fees Regulations
made under Section 195 of the
Agriculture and Marketing Act
R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 6
N.S. Reg. 47/2020 (effective April 1, 2020)
amended to N.S. Reg. 94/2026 (effective April 13, 2026)
Table of Contents
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Citation
Definitions
Waiver of fees
Fees do not include applicable taxes
Fees for animal health services
Fees for serology testing
Fees for dairy services
Administration fees
Tests carried out immediately or outside regular hours
Fees for tests not listed
Fees for registered farms
Fees for referred testing
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Laboratory Services Fees Regulations.
Definitions
2 In these regulations,
“Department laboratory” means a laboratory operated by the Department, and
includes all of the following:
(i) [repealed]
(ii) animal health services laboratory,
(iii) dairy services laboratory;
“livestock animal” means any of the following:
(i) cattle,
(ii) sheep,
(iii) goats,
(iv) poultry,
(v) rabbits raised for meat production,
(vi) llamas,
(vii) alpacas,
(viii) fur-bearing animals from a fur farm licensed under the Fur Industry
Act,
(ix) deer farm animals from a deer farm licensed under the Wildlife Act,
(x) wildlife from a game farm licensed under the Wildlife Act;
“regular hours of operation” means the period between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, during which the Department laboratory is
open;
“related animals” means carcasses of livestock animals that
(i) were of the same general age and exhibited the same disease
symptoms, and
(ii) are submitted for testing services by an owner on the same day.
Waiver of fees
3 The Minister may exempt a person from any provision of these regulations requiring
payment for testing services.
Fees do not include applicable taxes
4 The fees prescribed in these regulations do not include any applicable taxes.
5 [repealed]
6 [repealed]
7 [repealed]
Fees for animal health services
8 The fees for testing carried out by the animal health services laboratory are as set out in
the following table:
Postmortem Examination
|
Category
|
Fee
|
single livestock animal, weighing less than 100 kg
|
$56.96
|
single livestock animal, weighing 100 kg or more
|
$171.04
|
up to 3 related animals weighing less than 100 kg each (except
up to 6 poultry or fur bearing animals)
|
$114.09
|
horse
|
$213.78
|
horse fetus, or foal up to 6 months
|
$114.09
|
animal other than livestock animal
|
$153.65
|
Histology
|
Category
|
Fee
|
slide preparation per slide—stained (no interpretation)
|
$13.78
|
slide preparation per slide—unstained (no interpretation)
|
$9.96
|
biopsy/tissue single slide with interpretation
|
$60.00
|
biopsy/tissue, 2–5 slides with interpretation
|
$90.00
|
biopsy/tissue for more than 5 slides with interpretation
|
$110.00
|
other special stains
|
$41.04
|
decalcification
|
$15.48
|
recuts per slide—stained
|
$5.61
|
recuts per slide—unstained
|
$2.87
|
wax block
|
$8.96
|
Parasitology
|
Category
|
Fee
|
flotation
|
$16.00
|
McMaster
|
$16.00
|
direct fecal examination
|
$12.31
|
Giardia/Cryptosporidia
|
$42.31
|
Cryptosporidia stain
|
$36.61
|
Microbiology
|
Category
|
Fee
|
udder health sample
|
$11.39
|
avian environmental
|
|
- fluff/litter/feeds screening
|
$34.48
|
- peptone screening
|
$34.26
|
- CFIA culture
|
$73.74
|
food environmental
|
|
- Listeria/Salmonella screening
|
$34.48
|
- Listeria/Salmonella culture confirmation
|
$36.48
|
antibiotic residue KIS test
|
$19.48
|
bacteriology
|
|
- culture and sensitivity
|
$50.00
|
Fees for serology testing
9 The fees for serology testing carried out by a Department laboratory are as set out in the
following table:
Serology
|
Category
|
Fee
|
ELISA testing
|
|
- Avian Encephalomyelitis (AE)
|
$5.83
|
- Avian Reovirus (REO)
|
$5.17
|
- Chicken Anemia Virus (CAV)
|
$5.83
|
- Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBD)
|
$5.17
|
- Infectious Bursal Diseases–XR (IBDXR)
|
$5.17
|
- Newcastle Antibody
|
$4.78
|
Mycoplasma gallisepticum/synoviae (MSMG)
|
$4.83
|
Fees for dairy services
10 The fees for testing carried out by the dairy services laboratory are as set out in the
following table:
Antibiotic Testing
|
Category
|
Fee
|
Charm Trio
|
$50.39
|
Cheese
|
Category
|
Fee
|
E. coli/coliform
|
$33.61
|
Staphylococcus aureus
|
$37.39
|
Administration fees
11 The following table sets out fees for administrative services by a Department laboratory:
Common Fees
|
Category
|
Fee
|
reprinting/copy of report
|
$4.00
|
environmental disposal fee
|
$1.00
|
carcass disposal, weighing less than 100 kg
|
$5.00
|
carcass disposal, weighing 100 kg or more
|
$10.00
|
forensic post mortem
|
$300.00 per
hour, plus
expenses
|
Tests carried out immediately or outside regular hours
12 The fees for tests carried out, on request, either immediately or outside regular hours of
operation are as follows:
(a) for a test carried out immediately, but within the regular hours of operation,
2 times the fee set out in these regulations for the test;
(b) for a test carried out outside the regular hours of operation, the fee set out in
these regulations for the test, plus an additional fee of $126.00.
Fees for tests not listed
13 If a test is required that is not identified in these regulations, the fee for the test is based
on the cost of labour and materials to perform the test.
Fees for registered farms
14 Despite Section 8, a fee payable under any of those Sections by a farm business or a farm
operation that holds a valid farm registration number under the Farm Registration Act is
50% of the fee prescribed.
Fees for referred testing
15 (1) The Department may refer testing to a laboratory not operated by the Department.
(2) The fee for testing that is carried out by a laboratory referred under subsection (1)
is the sum of all of the following:
(a) the actual cost of the test;
(b) a handling fee of $4.00;
(c) shipping costs.
The following regulations are not yet in force and are
not included in the current consolidation: