Veterinary Pathology Fees and Services
Veterinary Pathology Fees and Services (PDF)
Veterinary Pathology Service | Fee | Description |
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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/animal | Comprehensive 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 Only | 50% complete fee | Complete necropsy with gross interpretation only; No slide preparation No tissues evaluated histologically. |
Necropsy with tissue processing | 70% complete fee | Complete necropsy with gross interpretation plus slide preparation with H&E staining; No tissues evaluated histologically. |
Biopsy | ||
1 tissue/site | $65 | Gross 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/slide | Tissues evaluated histologically with final interpretation, includes scoring/grading when applicable. |
Histology preparation | ||
Routine trim (small) | $12.00 | Small tissue is trimmed for slide preparation only. |
Routine trim (large) | $18.00 | Large tissue is trimmed for slide preparation only. |
Process and embed (routine; per block) | $7.00 | Routine tissue is received trimmed and in cassette; processing and embedding in paraffin only. |
Process and embed (large; per block) | $12.00 | Large tissue is received trimmed and in cassette; processing and embedding in paraffin only. |
Process, embed, section, and H&E stain (routine; per slide) | $9.00 | Routine 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) | $16.00 | Large tissue is received trimmed and in cassette; tissue is processed, embedded in paraffin, and H&E stained slide made. |
Additional unstained slides (per slide) | $4.00 | Additional unstained slide made from previously processed block. |
Additional H&E stained slides (per slide) | $6.00 | H&E stained slide made from previously processed block. |
Digital Pathology | Fee | Aperio & eSlide Manager |
Digital slide scanning | TBD |