Pricing and Profile offerings may change as we continue to expand our diagnostic portfolio and special pricing options may be available. If a specific test is not listed or for additional information please ask us.
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| Fixed Tissue Submitted as Untrimmed Tissues |
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| Embedding Only (price per block) | |
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| Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) Stained Slide | |
| Special Stained Slide (see special stains list) | |
| Fixed Tissue Submitted as Trimmed Tissues in Labeled Cassettes |
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| Embedding Only (price per block) | |
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| Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) Stained Slide | |
| Special Stained Slide (see special stains list) | |
| Tissue Submitted in Paraffin Blocks |
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Recuts, Serial Sections (billed per slide), Up to 2 Serial Sections per Slide: Unstained Sections Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) Stained Slide |
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Recuts, Step Sections/Levels (billed per slide), Up to 2 Serial Sections per Slide: Unstained Sections Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) Stained Slide |
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Additional Procedures |
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Decalcification (per tissue) |
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Special embedding (cell suspensions, small tissues, special orientation) using agarose gel |
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Special embedding of large animal tissues (e.g., eyes, bones) |
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Preparation of Tissues for In Situ Hybridization |
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More than two serial sections per slide (serial section charge for additional sections) |
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Frozen Tissue Submitted as Untrimmed Tissue |
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Unstained Slide |
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Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) Stained Slide |
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Special Stained Slide |
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Frozen Tissue Submitted in OCT Blocks |
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Unstained Slide |
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Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) Stained Slide |
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Special Stained Slide |
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Other Services |
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Processing of Light-Sensitive Frozen Specimens |
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Special Embedding Procedures in OCT |
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Additional Guidelines |
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• Label histology cassettes with #2 pencil or a mechanical pencil with 0.5-mm lead (pen and marker will wash off during processing, including those products indicated as “permanent”). |
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Histology Slide Preparation Service Turnaround Times |
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• 2 weeks for routine slide preparation, 4–5 weeks for large studies or specialized embedding or sectioning requests. Call for more specific information. |
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| Alcian Blue (pH 1.0 or pH 2.5) with or without PAS | Carbohydrates/Mucin |
| Congo Red Amyloid | Amyloid |
| Rhodanine (Copper) | Copper |
| Cresyl Violet-Nissl | Neuro/Pituitary |
| Verhoeff Van Gieson (VVG) | Connective/Muscle |
| Oil Red O (frozen tissue only) | Lipids |
| Giemsa | Microorganisms/Nuclear Elements |
| Glycogen-Digested PAS/H | Carbohydrates/Mucin |
| Churukian’s Ammoniacal Silver Method (PcAg) | Pneumocystis (lung)/Fungi |
| Gram’s (modified Brown-Hopps) | Microorganisms |
| Hall's Bilirubin (Bile) | Pigments/Minerals |
| Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) | Nuclear/Cytoplasmic |
| Luxol Fast Blue (LFB) | Neuro/Pituitary |
| Methylene Blue | Nuclear Elements |
| Movat's Pentachrome | Connective/Muscle |
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Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) |
Microorganisms/Neuro/Pituitary |
| Prussian blue (Perl's Iron) |
Iron (Hemosiderin) |
| Toluidine Blue | Nuclear Elements |
| Trichrome-Masson's | Connective/Muscle |
| Alizarin Red (Calcium) | Pigments/Minerals |
| Steiner (modified) | Microorganisms |
| Ziehl-Neelsen (AFB) | Acid-fast bacteria |
| Picrosirius Red | Collagen |
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These services are designed for sick, moribund, and euthanized for unexpected outcome |
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Diagnostic Submissions If a diagnosis requires additional staining beyond the standard H&E, the pathologist will contact the client to discuss the value of performing these additional stains and the associated costs. |
| Dissection of tissues from fixed or fresh carcass (mouse or rat) |
| Dissection of tissues from fixed or fresh carcass (guinea pig, rabbit, nonhuman primate) |
| Tissue weights or gross measurements |
| Turnaround Times A diagnostic pathology report will be available within 10 working days from receipt of specimen. Anatomic pathologists frequently provide findings via call or email within 2–3 days from receipt of sample in order to retrieve additional history or request for special stains helpful to the final disposition of the case. |
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| Charges for tissue evaluation vary depending on evaluation criteria and needs of the study. Other charges may include special stains, morphometric analyses, shipping costs for return of samples | ||||
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| Turnaround times for research and toxicologic pathology results are based on study, type of evaluations performed, and additional services related to study evaluation goals. |
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Annotated Digital Images (on a flash drive or available via cloud service) |
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Non-Annotated Digital Images (on flash drive or available via cloud service) |
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