Veterinary Pathology Fees and Services

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Veterinary Pathology ServiceFeeDescription
Project consultation Consulting on project specifics; contact lml0072@auburn.edu
Necropsy training$100/hour Veterinary pathologist demonstrates necropsy procedure.
Postmortem examination
Animal up to 250g$375/animalComprehensive necropsy with histopathology and final interpretation. Includes special staining.
Animal 251g to 6kg$500/animal
Animal 7-50kg$750/animal
Animal >51kg$1200/animal
Necropsy Only50% complete feeComplete necropsy with gross interpretation only; No slide preparation No tissues evaluated histologically.
Necropsy with tissue processing70% complete feeComplete necropsy with gross interpretation plus slide preparation with H&E staining; No tissues evaluated histologically.
Biopsy
1 tissue/site$65Gross description; tissues will be trimmed, embedded, sectioned, and H&E stained; tissues evaluated histologically by a veterinary pathologist with final interpretation.
each additional tissue/site$20/each
Histology only interpretation with report$35/slideTissues evaluated histologically with final interpretation, includes scoring/grading when applicable.
Histology preparation
Routine trim (small)$12.00Small tissue is trimmed for slide preparation only.
Routine trim (large)$18.00Large tissue is trimmed for slide preparation only.
Process and embed
(routine; per block)
$7.00Routine tissue is received trimmed and in cassette; processing and embedding in paraffin only.
Process and embed
(large; per block)
$12.00Large tissue is received trimmed and in cassette; processing and embedding in paraffin only.
Process, embed, section, and H&E stain
(routine; per slide)
$9.00Routine tissue is received trimmed and in cassette; tissue is processed, embedded in paraffin, and H&E stained slide made.
Process, embed, section, and H&E stain
(large; per slide)
$16.00Large tissue is received trimmed and in cassette; tissue is processed, embedded in paraffin, and H&E stained slide made.
Additional unstained slides (per slide)$4.00Additional unstained slide made from previously processed block.
Additional H&E stained slides
(per slide)
$6.00H&E stained slide made from previously processed block.
Digital PathologyFeeAperio & eSlide Manager
Digital slide scanningTBD