MU Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

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Phone: 573-882-6811 or 1-800-862-8635
Fax: 573-882-1411

Our normal business hours are as follows:

Monday through Friday, 8:00 am- 5:00 pm

Please note that we do not accept deliveries (courier or USPS) on weekends. Please arrange to have your samples shipped for Mon-Fri delivery. For additional shipping information, please click here. For information on our physical location, please click here.

 

After-Hours Information:

For customers in the Columbia area, an after-hours sample drop off is available at the Veterinary Health Center (Small Animal Lobby). Small samples such as swabs and blood tubes may be dropped off at this location on evenings and weekends (Mon-Fri: 5:00 pm-8:00 am, Sat/Sun: all day). The samples will be retrieved and processed by VMDL staff the next business day.

For larger samples, such as amputations and carcasses/bodies, please contact the on-call pathology student at (573) 864-7160 to arrange drop-off.

Some lab sections may be staffed outside of main laboratory business hours. To contact a specific lab section directly, please refer to the following contact information:

Bacteriology & Mycology: 573-882-9245 or 573-882-9259

Clinical Pathology:  573-882-3338

Histopathology: 573-884-9279 or UMCCVMVMDLHisto@missouri.edu

Molecular Diagnostics: 573-884-9257

Serology: 573-884-9280

Toxicology: 573-884-9241

Animal Poison Control Hotline: 888-426-4435

If you need assistance with a live animal, please call the Veterinary Health Center at (573) 882-4589.

 

 

Message from the Director

The University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (VMDL) is a full-service veterinary diagnostic laboratory and Missouri’s only laboratory accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. The VMDL is a Level I Lab of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, Tier I Lab of the FDA Veterinary Laboratory Response Network, and a National Poultry Improvement Plan authorized lab. The VMDL maintains an effective quality assurance and quality control program.

The VMDL has formal anatomical pathology, clinical pathology, and clinical microbiology training programs. The VMDL faculty hold academic appointments in the Departments of Veterinary Pathobiology and Veterinary Biomedical Sciences. The director is administratively responsible to the dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine for the overall operation of the laboratory and its multiple missions of public service, teaching, research and continuing education/extension.

The VMDL faculty and staff work diligently to provide relevant, timely and cost-effective diagnostic services to our clients and to create a positive learning environment for our students and residents. In 2023, the VMDL processed approximately 64,924 accessions and performed more than 207,026 laboratory tests, which represents a 10.67 percent increase in diagnostic accessions and 17.54 percent increase in laboratory tests compared to 2022. The diagnostic service was utilized by veterinarians, owners, and researchers from 110 Missouri counties and independent cities and 28 other states.

About the MU VMDL

The VMDL is a full-service laboratory accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD). The VMDL provides in-depth laboratory diagnostic support to veterinary practitioners, livestock and poultry industry interests, companion animal interests, wildlife conservationists, scientists utilizing animals in their research throughout the university, state and regulatory officials, and clinicians of the MU Veterinary Health Center.

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901 E. Campus Loop
Columbia, MO 65211

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