VMD 511: Animal Welfare, Ethics and Jurisprudence (2+0)

CLAIM FORMS

• After the death of the insured animal the owner should approach the insurance company and obtain the claim forms which include the following:
  • Cattle/other livestock claim form: This form is to be filled by the owner. Care must be taken to fill the form and the details given should not differ from the particulars mentioned in the policy. It will be better if he consults his veterinarian and takes his help to fill up the form. In case of financed cattle, the form has to be countersigned by the bank.
  • Veterinary Death-cum- Valuation Certificate: This is the second form in the claim papers and is to be filled by the attending veterinarian. It incorporates the physical features, date of illness/death and value before illness.
  • Treatment chart: This is a date-wise account of the treatment given by a veterinarian to the sick insured animal. The treatment given should correspond to the symptoms noted and post-mortem findings. It is required only for private or other non-scheme animals.
  • Post-mortem report: The post-mortem report proforma is usually supplied by the insurance companies. The attending veterinarian must carefully mention the post-mortem findings in this form. It is advised that he should consult a standard text-book of Pathology or Medicine prior to writing the post-mortem report. He should mention identification marks of the animal and its tag number as also whether the tag was duly fixed in the ear or not.
  • Photograph of deceased animal: The photograph of a dead insured animal constitutes good evidence of its death iftaken correctly showing tag, ifpossible, and other identification marks and salient features.
  • Confirmation of the post-mortem: Some insurance companies require a confirmation certificate from the attending veterinarian that he has really conducted the post-mortem ofthe deceased insured animal. The text of the certificate is given as below:

At the request of Sri .......................................... S/o .................................................................................. .

Rio ............................................................. Village ................................................................ Tehsil. .... .

District.. .............................................................................................. .

I have actually conducted the post-mortem of ................................... (animal) on ............................................. (date) at ..................................... (time). The details of the deceased animal were as follows:

Breed, sex, colour, horns, identification marks, tag no ................................. switch of tail, height, age etc. This certificate is being issued in confirmation of my having conducted the post-mortem of the said animal.

Date:                                                                 

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