Please note: Due to the Christmas and Boxing day bank holidays our typical testing schedule will be affected.
Week commencing 23rdof December, testing will take place on Tuesday for all samples received up until 10am that day.
Week commencing 30thof December, testing will take place on Thursday for all samples received up until 12pm that day.
Your sample(s) must be received before 9.30am on Tuesday or Thursday to be included in that day's run.
We can provide plastic Freepost envelopes, and/or a printable Freepost label. These provide 1st class postage within the UK (including Northern Ireland). Whichever method you use, the address to send your samples to is:
Chris Hayes
Langford Vets
Diagnostic Labs
Churchill Building
Langford
Bristol
BS40 5DU
The plastic Freepost envelopes will take around 30 standard tube swabs, or the whole plastic envelope can be taped to another envelope (padded for preference). The Freepost envelopes and labels will allow you to send packages up to 460mm x 460mm x 610mm (18" x 18" x 24") with a weight up to 6kg.
If you would like some Freepost envelopes, please email Christine.Hayes@bristol.ac.uk or enter a request in the 'Additional information' section on the form below. In either case please supply the name of the person and the postal address to which they should be sent. If you prefer to send your samples by recorded delivery i.e. signed for, you can still use the Freepost service and pay just £1.10 to convert the package to recorded delivery.