To advance the DoD biomedical research and development and animal health care missions through diagnostic, consultative and educational veterinary pathology services; to produce fully trained, specialty board-eligible, military veterinary pathologists; and to provide comprehensive research pathology and laboratory animal support for AFIP's collaborative research programs.

Chair:	Terrell W. Blanchard, COL, DVM, USA
Address:	Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Department of Veterinary Pathology 6825 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20306-6000
Commercial:	202-782-2600
DSN:	662-2600
Fax:	202-782-9150

Consultation

1. Veterinary Necropsy Report Checklist and Guidelines
2. Diagnostic Services
3. Shipping Guidelines
4. Death Certificate of Military Dog

Upcoming Courses

1. 17th Annual Descriptive Veterinary Pathology
   2-6 June 2008
2. 51st Pathology of Laboratory Animals
   5 - 8 August 2008

Training Material and Notes

1. Veterinary Systemic Pathology Online
2. Wednesday Slide Conference
3. POLA 2005 Notes
4. Animal Models of Human Disease
5. Study set information

Training Programs

1. Residency Program: An Outstanding Educational Opportunity
2. Externship Program
3. Downloadable Army Veterinary Pathology presentation

Resourceful Information

1. A Profile of Veterinary Pathology at AFIP (Legal Medicine 2005)
2. WHO Collaborating Center on Comparative Oncology
3. Anthrax Information Paper
4. Other Links of Interest