FedEx Label Request

The C. E. Kord Animal Health Laboratory (Kord) offers FedEx priority overnight labels at a discounted rate of $25.00 per shipment label. Shipping labels will be billed after the label has been scanned by FedEx. Shipping charges will be applied to your next monthly statement. FedEx labels will be emailed once a request is received and processed. Shipping label requests entered before 4:00 pm Central typically receive shipping labels the same day. Any request made after hours (or on weekends) will be fulfilled on the following business day. (See the FedEx Shipping Labels Guidelines on how to package biological material.)  Kord Lab only accepts packages Monday through Friday. Do not ship packages on Friday. Kord lab will not be available to receive samples on Saturday. Failure to ship following Department of Transportation (DOT) rules will result in a $25.00 biohazard fee.

Request shipping labels HERE. 

  • Read the packaging and shipping guidelines available here before sending samples.
  • Complete and print off the submission form to include with your specimen.
  • Depending on what's being sent refer to the how-to pack sample guidelines for proper shipping of specimens. Failure to ship following Department of Transportation (DOT) rules will result in a $25.00 biohazard fee.

1. How to ship clinical samples pack sample guidelines      

2. Packaging fixed and fresh tissue samples

3. How to ship necropsy samples

  • Shipping labels will be billed after the label has been scanned by FedEx. Shipping charges will be applied to your next monthly statement.
  • Kord Lab only accepts packages Monday through Friday. Do not ship packages on Friday. Kord lab will not be available to receive samples on Saturdays.
  • The creation of a label does not automatically schedule a FedEx pickup. To schedule a pickup call 1.800.463.3339 or visit your nearest FedEx store.