Emergency Services
After-hours emergency service is available on weeknights, weekends, and during University holidays by calling our on-call student at 515-290-1969 who can assist and also provide access to diagnostic pathologists and toxicologists.
Submissions
Delivery of specimens to the ISU Vet Diagnostic Lab after business hours can be placed directly in a refrigerator located inside the VDL submission door foyer.
After entering the foyer, follow the procedure below for unlocking the refrigerator and leaving samples for submission:
- Paperwork MUST accompany the submission. If you do not have paperwork completed, please do so with the forms provided and place the submission form with the sample(s).
- Place the sample into the refrigerator in the foyer.
- Log your submission on the log sheet provided. Please fill out as much information as possible, so we can contact the submitting veterinarian if there are questions.