After-hours Submissions
Samples delivered to the ISU VDL after-hours can now be placed directly in a refrigerator located inside the Client Submissions Entrance foyer.
Specimen Submission
The VDL only accepts specimens referred by a licensed veterinarian (exceptions may include government officials, research scientists, and corporate partners). The appropriate submission form must accompany all specimens. Clients can find our submission forms either on the client web portal or by clicking the ‘Forms’ tab above. There are multiple types of submission forms for clients to choose from. If submitting tissues, please choose the ‘Pathology Request Form’ since it is multi-species and tailored to our tissue submissions. If submitting blood, serum, feces, swabs, oral fluids, etc., please choose one of the ‘Health Test Request Forms’ based on the species the samples were taken from. If submitting samples for rabies or chronic wasting disease (CWD), clients do not need to be referred by a licensed veterinarian and they have their own submission forms on our website. The CWD submission form can only be accessed via our client web portal sign-in page.
Filling out Submission Forms
When filling out a submission form, we ask that our clients fill it out as completely as they can and be sure to include all necessary information. When choosing tests, be sure to indicate only the samples you want tested. For example, if sending in 10 sera but are only wanting tubes 1-5 tested for PRRSV PCR the form should indicate that choice on the ‘Test Samples’ line. If there is any additional information or requests that are needed for the case, those can be added in the ‘Additional Information and Test Requests’ section present on each submission form.
