The Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Purdue University ADDL serves the people of Indiana by diagnosing disease in livestock, poultry, companion animals, and wildlife, as well as providing blood testing of animals for federal disease programs.
Various sections of the ADDL participate in proficiency tests conducted by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory and other quality control evaluations. All submissions and materials derived from those submissions are property of ADDL and will not be released to either the submitter or a 3rd party without prior approval. In hot weather, please follow these helpful tips when shipping diagnostic specimens to prevent overheating that may destroy or decrease the diagnostic quality of the sample.
In cold weather, please follow these helpful tips when shipping diagnostic specimens to prevent freezing, which may destroy or decrease the diagnostic quality of the sample.
Shipping Diagnostic Specimens in Cold Weather. To ensure prompt service and accurate results, please follow these general guidelines when submitting cases to ADDL. The following submission forms are available for download, and can be filled out using Acrobat Reader or printed.
Either left-click on the link to bring it up in your browser window, or right-click and select "Save Target As If the chosen Submission Form does not have enough room for the submitted samples, please fill out a Multiple Animal Continuation Form.
