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What should you send? Whole carcasses, formalin-fixed and fresh tissues can be submitted.   What do you need to send with a sample? Please use the sample submission forms on this page to provide me with your contact details and important information regarding your case.   How should you send them? Fresh tissues and carcasses should be sent on ice or with ice-blocks; fixed tissues should be sent in 10% buffered formalin (available on request). NB NEVER FREEZE CARCASSES OR TISSUES if histopathological examination is required.   What is the best way to send samples? 1) For samples to be sent on Mon-Thursday, use the same day service offered by the Postal Service, but deliver it to me c/o Pathology Section, Faculty of Veterinary Science, P/Bag X04, 1 Soutpan Rd, Onderstepoort 0110 2) for urgent samples, or samples that must be delivered over the weekend (to avoid them sitting out of the fridge over the weekend): contact MedEx: Renee Usher or Norman Bell or 0861 89 88 98 (24 hour line) 3) Courier services are available within South Africa - contact me for details, download the form from this page for DuBuisson.

Download Forms Submission Form (all samples) (MS Word document, 85KB) Courier Forms: Du Buisson/Ampath (Adobe Acrobat document (pdf), 46KB) Please note: If you use the Du Buisson service it is free, but samples should be obviously marked URGENT.

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DR EMILY LANE BVSC, MPHIL, MRCVS, DIPLOMATE, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGISTS SPECIALIST WILD AND DOMESTIC ANIMAL PATHOLOGIST

Tel: +27 72 297 6571   +27 12 342 3362 Email: emily.lane@hixnet.co.za

35 Douglas St Colbyn 0083 South Africa