How to Submit a Sample to SOPA

(for current clients only!)

If you have an exceptional case and would like permission to submit, contact us by
Phone: 309-944-6373 or Email: sopa@sopforanimals.com

Request Shipping Supplies
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Complete the Submission form for your patient

Helpful tips:
• Clinical history! The more information you can provide the better.
• Images! The online submission form provides a way to upload images (e.g. photographs, radiographs, etc.), but feel free to directly e-mail files or links to online images, especially if there are over 10 files. 
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Package the Specimen

• Use non-breakable plastic containers that have a tight closing lid.
• Enclose in secondary packaging (usually a sealed plastic bag with some absorbent material inside).
• Ship in a rigid outer container (usually a cardboard box).

Other tips
• Absorptive packing helps when there is a leak (medical pads, cotton strips, or paper towels).
• Place paperwork in a separate plastic bag, ESPECIALLY if filled out by hand.
• Considerations for very large specimens - allow to fix in formalin for 24-48 hours, then ship wrapped in formalin-whetted paper towels or gauze within a plastic bag or two instead of a big jar full of formalin.
• Packaging supplies are available to current clients at no cost! Complete the Supplies Request form and return to us by  email.
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Ship to:      SOPA - Dr. Bell
                  216 N Center St.
                  Geneseo, IL 61254  

 

Pricing available upon request

Special Instructions for International Shipments

Here are some tips for the import of oral biopsy specimens from cats and dogs:

    • Do not require a USDA import permit (i.e. Exempt Animal Specimen)
    • “Exempt Animal Specimen” may be entered as the description of goods on the carrier’s waybill and/or customs invoice
    • Follow USDA APHIS Guideline 1102: Feline and Canine Material

According to Guideline 1102, a written statement that accompanies the specimen should:

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Be written on letterhead with the physical address of the sender

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Identify the specimen including species – for example, “3 teeth and tissue from the gingiva of a dog in 2 jars of formalin”

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State that the specimen does not contain any other animal-derived material from livestock or poultry

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State that the specimen was not derived from feline or canine species that were inoculated with or exposed to any infectious agents of USDA agricultural concern

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Attach one copy of the document to the exterior of the package and include another inside.


IMPORT LETTER TEMPLATE – feel free to download this document and modify on your own letterhead.

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Geneseo, IL 61254

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  • Email: sopa@sopforanimals.com
  • Phone: 309-944-6373 
Online Submission form
    (for current clients only)

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