Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Services
The Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL) is in the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, and is the official laboratory of the Minnesota Board of Animal Health. The laboratory provides a full range of diagnostic services, including:
* Bacteriology/Mycology
* Cytogenetics
* Electronmicroscopy
* Endocrinology
* OFA certification
* Immunohistochemistry
* Enhanced surgical diagnostics
* Molecular Diagnostics
* Brand new, state of the art, facility
* Necropsy
* Cremation services
* Parasitology
* Serology
* Toxicology
* Surgical Pathology
* Virology
* Special Public Health related testing
* Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
* Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
* Rabies
* West Nile Virus (WNV)
* Equine encephalitides

The laboratory is accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians as a full-service diagnostic laboratory for all animal species.

Contact
Address: 1333 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: vdl@umn.edu
Fax: 612-624-8707
Tel: (612) 625-8787 or (800) 605-8787 (work hours)
Web: www.vdl.umn.edu

Hours
The Laboratory is open Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (CTZ).
After hour¿s submissions are accepted at the Small Animal Emergency Entrance of the Veterinary Medical Center, 1365 Gortner Avenue.

Useful information
The VDL offers a developing web-based option for interacting with its clients. Among services available online at www.vdl.umn.edu are:
* Downloadable forms
* On-line submission option
* Lab results on-line, downloadable in Excel
* Updated fee schedule and user guide