The AVC – Veterinary Teaching Hospital serves both as a supportive teaching environment and a specialty referral centre for large and small animal veterinarians throughout Atlantic Canada. 

Across our small and large animal hospitals, we offer state of the art technology with advanced imaging modalities including CT and MRI, and boast over 20 specialist veterinarians and a highly-skilled team of veterinary technicians and support staff.

How to Refer

At the AVC – Veterinary Teaching Hospital, we want to make it as convenient and efficient as possible for our referring veterinarian community to refer patients to us.

Our online referral system is your dedicated destination for submitting routine and emergency referral requests to our small and large animal specialty services.  All referral requests – routine or emergency, in-hours or out-of-hours – should be submitted through the online referral system.

Routine referral requests

Routine referral requests can be completed online, saving you the need to connect with us by phone.  Our Referral Team will contact your client directly to schedule their animal’s specialty appointment with us.  We want to keep you in the loop, so we’ll also email the appointment details to your clinic.

Emergency referral requests

Emergency referral requests can also be submitted online but for emergencies we ask that you call us at 902-566-0950 to discuss the case with the relevant clinician.  The relevant specialty service may ask for you to complete the online referral request submission prior to discussing the case with you.

These steps ensure that we are better prepared to collaborate with you in meeting the needs of your patient and their family.

All relevant medical records including diagnostic imaging and laboratory results should be uploaded during your online referral submission.

Click the button below to submit a routine or emergency referral request.

+  For urgent or emergency referral requests

Please complete all of the following steps prior to sending your client to us:

1. Call the AVC – Veterinary Teaching Hospital at 902-566-0950 to discuss the case with the relevant clinician, confirm the estimated costs and provide us with your client’s estimated travel time.  To better understand your case, the relevant specialty service may ask for you to complete the online referral request submission prior to discussing the case with you.

2. If we are able to receive the referral, please inform your client of the estimated costs for their visit and that payment is due at the time of service.

3. Please direct your client and patient to make their way to the AVC – Veterinary Teaching Hospital for arrival at the agreed upon time.

4. If you haven’t already done so, complete and submit the online referral submission immediately to allow us the necessary time to review and prepare for your patient’s arrival.  Please select “Emergency” as the referral type so the information is directed to and available for the appropriate teams.

*If you are unsure whether your patient should be referred as an emergency, please call us at 902-566-0950 for case review and further directions.

If you need to upload additional referral documentation to complete your existing online referral submission, click the button below.

Referring Veterinarian enquiries about your referral with us?  Please contact vthreception@upei.ca or call 902-566-0950

Looking for our Referring Veterinarian Feedback form?  Please click the button below.