Comparative Pathology Laboratory (Histology)
The University of Delaware’s Comparative Pathology Laboratory focuses on disease surveillance for common and emerging diseases in commerical broiler chicken flocks.
About
About
The Histology/Comparative Pathology Laboratory takes pride in producing high-quality blocks, slides and images through their services. This lab supports the surveillance and diagnosis of disease in Delmarva poultry flocks, giving the highest priority to diagnostic case submissions from the Allen Biotenchology Laboratory, Lasher Laboratory and Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Salisbury Animal Health Laboratory.
Please note: We support animal and plant specimens only. Human specimens must be approved by the laboratory Director prior to submission.
Purposes for establishing the service center
- To support the surveillance and diagnosis of disease in Delmarva poultry flocks giving the highest priority to diagnostic case submissions from the Allen Biotenchology Laboratory, Lasher Laboratory and Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Salisbury Animal Health Laboratory.
This lab provides histology and pathology support for:
- animal health diagnostic laboratories of Delaware and Maryland,
- University of Delaware laboratories and affiliate research groups, and
- external corporations and researchers, upon request.
Now offering digital microscopy and pathology
The UD Comparative Pathology Laboratory recently received a generous grant from the Unidel Foundation to bring digital microscopy and pathology services to our clients. The laboratory now offers both brightfield and fluorescence-based whole-slide scanning, allowing the creation of permanent virtual slides.
Digital slides can be accessed for viewing or analysis by users on a laboratory or personal computer, anytime and anywhere that internet connectivity is available, via a secure central server. (Laboratory clients have already used the system to share research specimens with collaborators as far away as Brazil.)
Moreover, the specimen archival database, downloadable viewing software, and analytic toolkits allow any internet-connected computer to be used as a high-powered microscope, essentially bringing the laboratory to your home, office, or even the local Starbucks.
Contact us to learn more or for a free trial of this technology.
Getting Results
Quality Assurance
We take great pride in producing high-quality blocks, slides and images through our service. Please contact the pathologist with any concerns about specimen or image quality. We will make every effort to resolve quality control issues promptly and will replace slides with trimming, sectioning or staining artifacts at no cost to the client if these services were performed in our laboratory.
Expected turnaround time
Originally developed as a support laboratory dedicated to the surveillance and diagnosis of disease in Delmarva poultry flocks, our laboratory gives the highest priority to diagnostic case submissions from the Lasher Laboratory, Allen Laboratory, and Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Salisbury Animal Health Laboratory. Diagnostic case results are reported within 1-5 business days.
Research studies have a targeted completion of one to three weeks for histology services and two weeks to two months for histopathologic analysis, depending on the complexity of analysis and specimen numbers. Please contact us for an estimate of the time to completion for your submission, as diagnostic and research caseload is highly variable throughout the year. Rush orders are available for an additional fee.
Retrieving finished materials (blocks or slides)
Diagnostic case materials are the property of the Comparative Pathology Laboratory and are archived in our specimen library in Suite 140 at the Delaware Biotechnology and off-site storage. Blocks and slides in the archive are retained for approximately 20 years. Archived material can be utilized for teaching or research upon request, but must be returned to our laboratory following use. Research specimens and tissue blocks, and slides produced from research specimens are considered the property of the submitting client and are returned upon completion of the work request. Due to space limitations, we can no longer add research specimens to our archives, so submitting laboratories will be notified to claim materials at study completion. The laboratory reserves the right to permanently dispose of research specimens not collected within 6 months of study completion. Please inquire about digital slide scanning services to create a lasting virtual archive of your research specimens.
Please note
Once research materials (tissues/blocks/slides) are removed from the Comparative Pathology Laboratory, it is the responsibility of the client to properly store and maintain the materials. The Comparative Pathology Laboratory cannot be held responsible for lost, broken, or damaged specimens following removal from our laboratory. Recuts of lost or broken slides can be made for an additional fee if original blocks are still available.
Contact
Location
Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Suite 140
15 Innovation Way
Newark, DE 19711
Hours
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
Phone
302-831-7208
Erin Brannick
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Office Location:
531 S. College Avenue
041 Townsend Hall
Newark, DE 19716
Joanne Marie Cooper
Office Location:
Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Suite 140
15 Innovation Way
Newark, DE 19711