Hemostasis Laboratory – Platelet Testing
In observance of Thanksgiving, Auburn University’s Department of Pathobiology will be closed on Thursday, November 27, 2025.
Packages received on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 and Friday, November 28, 2025 will be accepted as normal.
Hemostasis Laboratory processing information:
November 24 – 25, 2025 – Operate as normal
November 26 – 28, 2025 – Closed
Samples received on November 26, 2025, through November 28, 2025, will be processed on the next business day.
Peter W. Christopherson, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Director, Hemostasis Laboratory
Department of Pathobiology
350 Greene Hall Annex
Auburn, AL 36849-5519
Information on testing for specific platelet or coagulation disorders can be found on the forms below:
- BASSET HOUND THROMBOPATHIA (PDF) – Form for submission of blood samples for DNA testing.
- CONGENITAL MACROTHROMBOCYTOPENIA (BETA1-TUBULIN) (PDF) – Form for submission of blood samples for DNA testing.
- GLANZMANN THROMBASTHENIA (GT) IN GREAT PYRENEES DOGS (PDF) – Form for submission of blood samples for DNA testing.
- GLANZMANN THROMBASTHENIA IN OTTERHOUNDS (PDF) – Form for submission of blood samples for DNA testing.
- LAD-III (LAD-I-VARIANT) IN GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS (PDF)– Form for submission of blood samples for DNA testing.
- LANDSEER THROMBOPATHIA (PDF) – Form for submission of blood samples for DNA testing.
- LANDSEER THROMBOPATHIA (PRIVACY WAIVED) (PDF)– Form for submission of blood samples for DNA testing.
- P2Y12 RECEPTOR PLATELET DISORDER IN GREATER SWISS MOUNTAIN DOGS (PDF) – Form for submission of blood samples for DNA testing.
- SPITZ THROMBOPATHIA (PDF) – Form for submission of blood samples for DNA testing.