SRUC Vet School | Educational Memorial Programme

Donating your pet’s body to SRUC’s School of Veterinary Medicine

Leaving your beloved pet’s body to the SRUC School of Veterinary Medicine is an extraordinarily generous decision and this information leaflet should help you decide whether it is right for you.

SRUC’s School of Veterinary Medicine is devoted to training vets and veterinary nurses of the future. We aim to produce practitioners of the highest standard, and you and your pet can play a key role in this.

: The use of real animals is crucial in veterinary education, in the same way as medical students study donated human bodies.

By donating the body of your pet after its death, both you and your pet are making a positive contribution to the training of veterinary professionals, advancing animal health and welfare
: We can accept dogs, cats, rabbits and other pets which have been euthanised or died of natural causes.
: Let your vet practice know you would like to donate your pet’s body to the vet school. They will check that your pet’s body is suitable for donation and ask you to complete a bequest consent form.
: Your veterinary practice will contact the School of Veterinary Medicine and we will arrange transfer to the school.
: Donations are used in the teaching of anatomy, pathology and clinical skills. Tissue samples may also be used for clinically related research purposes.
: Our staff and students are always mindful of the generosity of owners and all donations are treated with the utmost respect and care.
: Your pet will be cremated at an approved pet crematorium and ashes will not be returned. Cremation costs are covered by the vet school.
: Your pet will be remembered in our memorial book. You are invited to send a photograph and some memories of your pet which can be added to their entry.

This programme has been approved by the SRUC Ethics Committee BOR 2024-001 MIX

Downloadable forms

Information leaflet

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Bequest consent form

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For further information about this programme, please contact:

SRUC SVM EMP Coordinator
SRUC School of Veterinary Medicine Faculty Office
Ferguson Building
Craibstone Estate
Aberdeen
AB21 9YA

Telephone: 01224 711000

Email: EMP@sruc.ac.uk

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SRUC offers a comprehensive education model in veterinary care, incorporating the BVSci Veterinary Science programme, BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing, MRes Zoonoses and Epidemiology of Animal Infectious Diseases, HND Rural Animal Health, specialist postgraduate study, and study pathways offering progression routes through all levels.

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