Animal Diagnostic Laboratory

Safeguarding Animal and Human Health and Facilitating Animal Agriculture

  • Full-service animal health diagnostic laboratory and research center
  • Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System (PADLS) member
  • AAVLD accredited
  • Certified NAHLN member
  • Dog and cat necropsy service now available

If you are experiencing an animal health emergency, please contact us by phone. Do not use email for emergencies. For emergency assistance outside of laboratory working hours, please call the PA Department of Agriculture hotline at 717-772-2852.

Attention Animal Diagnostic Lab Clients

Mammalian Necropsy Services Update: March 15, 2024

The necropsy room at the Animal Diagnostic Lab is temporarily closed.

If you have animals that are over 250 pounds, please call ahead for current available services.

Poultry and animals under 250 pounds are being accepted for necropsy, but if you can give us a call ahead of your arrival it would be helpful for scheduling purposes.

Alternative locations that can be contacted for necropsy of large animals are New Bolton Center and Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory. Contact information for both of these labs is below.

Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory
2305 North Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA, 17110
Phone: 717-787-8808
Fax: 717-772-3895

New Bolton Center Veterinary Laboratory
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA, 19348-1692
Phone: 610 925-6725
Fax: 610 925-6822
Email: vet-nbccontact@vet.upenn.edu

Please stay tuned for further updates about when the necropsy room will be open to full necropsy services.

Please call 814-863-0837 or email adlhelp@psu.edu with any questions.

Rabies Update

Changes have occurred pertaining to the policy of shipping rabies samples to the Department of Health.  Please see the Rabies page before bringing any samples for rabies testing to the Animal Diagnostic Lab or shipping any samples to the Department of Health.

Animal Diagnostic Laboratory

Address

Wiley Lane
University Park, PA 16802
Directions

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. After-hours submission available daily.

2024 Holiday Hours

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 15, 2024: Closed
  • Memorial Day, May 27, 2024: Closed
  • Juneteenth, June 1, 2024: Closed
  • Independence Day, July 4, 2024: Closed
  • Labor Day, September 2, 2024: Closed
  • Thanksgiving, November 28-29, 2024: Closed
  • Dec 24, Christmas Eve: Open 8am-12pm
  • Christmas Day, December 25, 2024: Closed
  • Holiday Break, December 26-27, 30-31 2024: Open 8am-12pm
  • New Years Day, January 1, 2025: Closed