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DD Form 2834 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2834, Veterinary Consultation Request, September 2002.. Stated purpose: Veterinary Consultation Request. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 37 fillable fields.
Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.
What the form asks for
- 1. Press space bar to mark X if tissue in doctor's office (AFIP use only)
- 2. Owner's last name.
- 3. Animal name and/or tattoo number.
- 4. Previous AFIP case number on animal, if applicable.
- 5. Common name (dog, bird, rat, etc.).
- 6. Date of birth. Last three digits of year, three letter month, three digit day, no dividers.
- 7. Age.
- 8. Sex.
- 9. Neutered? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 10. Breed/type/strain (Beagle, Canary, etc.).
- 11. Genus and species (scientific name).
- 12. Materials forwarded (x or complete as applicable). Mark X if clinical information (required).
- Mark X if surgical pathology report (required).
- Mark X if autopsy report (required).
- Mark X if photos, clinical/gross.
- Mark X if X-rays.
- Enter quantity of slides (required).
- Enter quantity of blocks.
- Mark X if wet tissue.
- Mark X if other.
- Specify other materials forwarded.
- 13. Contributor's case identification. a. Surgical pathology accession number(s).
- 13.b. Autopsy/necropsy accession number.
- c. Euthanized? X first box if yes, second box if no.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
This page distributes a published Department of Defense document and describes it. It is not a source of legal advice and makes no representation about acceptance of any completed form. Questions of applicability, eligibility or procedure belong to not stated, the servicing personnel office, or the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2834?
- DD Form 2834, Veterinary Consultation Request, September 2002.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?