Histology Lab

Processing, Embedding, Sectioning Services

Block, Slide, H&E

Days tested: Monday – Friday
Specimen requirements: Trimmed tissue
Accepted species: All species accepted
Storage temperature: Room temperature in a leak proof container
Shipping: Ambient
Estimated turnaround time: 48-72 hrs
Test codes: LBLH
Price: $29.80

Block, Slide, Special stain

Days tested: Monday – Friday
Specimen requirements: Trimmed tissue
Accepted species: All species accepted
Storage temperature: Ambient
Shipping: Room temperature in a leak proof container
Estimated turnaround time: 48-72 hrs
Test codes: LBLS
Price: $37.20

Process and Embed only

Trim, Process Block, Embed block

Days tested: Monday – Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue
Accepted species: All species accepted
Storage room temperature: Ambient
Shipping: Room temperature in a leak proof container
Estimated turnaround time: 48-72 hrs
Test codes: LGPRB
Price: $18.10

Unstained slide

Days tested: Monday – Friday
Specimen requirements: Paraffin block
Accepted species: All species accepted
Storage temperature: Ambient
Shipping: Room temperature
Estimated turnaround time: 48-72 hrs
Test codes: US
Price: $9.30

H&E

Days tested: Monday – Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Accepted species: All species accepted
Storage room temperature: Ambient
Shipping: Room temperature in a leak proof container
Estimated turnaround time: 48-72 hrs
Test codes: LSH
Price: $18.10

H&E on Smear

Days tested: Monday – Friday
Specimen requirements: Slide
Accepted species: All species accepted
Storage temperature: Ambient
Shipping: Room temperature, slide mailer/box
Estimated turnaround time: 48-72 hrs
Test codes: LHESM
Price: $7.80

Additional Levels Per Block

Recuts – Sections from blocks

Days tested: Monday – Friday
Specimen requirements: Paraffin Block
Accepted species: All species accepted
Storage temperature: Ambient
Shipping: Room temperature
Estimated turnaround time: 48-72 hrs
Test codes: LSFB
Price: $12.20

Cover slipping only

Scrolls for PCR (6-10micron)

Special Stain

Days tested: Monday – Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Accepted species: All species accepted
Storage temperature: Ambient
Shipping: Room temperature in a leak proof container
Estimated turnaround time: 48-72 hrs
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Slide Special on smear

Special Stain on recut

Days tested: Monday – Friday
Specimen requirements: Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Accepted species: All species accepted
Storage temperature: Ambient
Shipping: Room temperature, slide mailer/box
Estimated turnaround time: 48-72 hrs
Test codes: LSSR
Price: $15.10

Sm. Eye Processing

Lg Eye Processing

Special Stains

Acid-Fast Bacteria (Ziehl-Neelsen Stains)

AFB

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for Identification of Mycobacterium.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

GMS

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the demonstration of urates in tissue.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Gram

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the demonstration of Gram -/+ bacteria.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS)

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: The demonstration of polysaccharides, neutral mucosubstances, and basement membranes.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Giemsa

Geisma

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the detection of H pylori in tissue.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Toluidine Blue

T Blue

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the demonstration of mast cells in tissue.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Acid-Fast Bacteria (Kinyouns Stain)

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for Identification of Mycobacterium
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Melanin Bleach

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: When melanin pigment is present in large amounts cell detail may be obscured. Excess melanin can be removed from tissue sections.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) Fungus

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Demonstration of fungi in tissue.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Bile

Days tested: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the demonstration of bilirubin and bile pigments in tissue.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Congo Red

Days tested: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the demonstration of amyloid in tissues.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Copper

Days tested: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the detection of copper in tissue, especially in liver in Wilson disease.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Fontana-Masson

Days tested: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the demonstration of argentaffin substances.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Iron

Days tested: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Detects the ferric ion in loosely bound protein complexes.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Trichrome

Days tested: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used to differentiate collagen from smooth muscle in tumors.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

VonKossa

Days tested: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used to identify the presence of calcium in tissue.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Wathin-Starry

Days tested: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the demonstration of spirochetes in tissue sections.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Alcian Blue

Days tested: Wednesday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the demonstration of acid mucopolysaccharides.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Luxol Fast Blue/PAS

Days tested: Wednesday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used for the demonstation of myelin in tissue.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) with and without Diastase

Days tested: Wednesday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: The demonstration of glycogen in tissue sections.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Mucicarmine Mayer

Days tested: Wednesday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Staining of “epithelial” mucin in tissue sections. Also demonstrates C neoformans.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

PTAH

Days tested: Wednesday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Demonstration of muscle cross-striations and fibrin. Can also be used for glial fibers and myelin.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Verhoff Elastic

Days tested: Wednesday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Used to demonstrate pathological changes in elastic fibers.
Estimated turnaround time: The turn around time for all stains is between 1-2 days (for staining). Interpretation (as part of necropsy or biopsy cases) will take an extra 1-3 days.
Test codes: LSS
Price: $22.50

Immunohistochemistry

IHC (antibody supplied)

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: mouse or rabbit primaries
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LIHC
Price: $ 38.10

Ckit (CD117)

ckit

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Recognizes the extracellular domain and is expressed by normal & abnormal cell types. (Normal: breast epithelium, germ, melanoctyes, stem, mast. Abnormal: testicular germ, endometrial carcinomas, melanomas, ovarian epi. Carcinomas)
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LICKIT
Price: $ 81.10

CD79

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: B-cell Receptor, precursor-B-cell
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LICD79
Price: $ 81.10

Iba1

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information:
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LIBA1
Price: $ 81.10

Vimentin

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Main filament protein in mesenchymal cells. Diagnostic of melanoma and sarcoma.
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LIVIM
Price: $ 81.10

CD3

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Expressed by T cells
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LICD3
Price: $ 81.10

Desmin

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Reacts with striated & smooth muscle cells. (Z-bands)
Estimated turnaround time:
Test codes: LIDES
Price: $ 81.10

MSA

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Recognizes the alpha actin from cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle sources
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LMSA
Price: $ 81.10

SMA

FIP

Factor 8

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Endothelial cells (cytoplasmic staining)
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LIFVIII
Price: $ 81.10

Glucagon

Insulin

Synaptophysin

Mum 1

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Expressed in the nuclei and cytoplasm of plasma cells and a small percentage of germinal center B cells
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LIMUM1
Price: $ 81.10

Chromogranin

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Expressed by neuroendocrine cells
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LICHROM
Price: $ 81.10

Cytokeratin

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Identification of a broad spectrum of acidic and basic cytokeratin proteins.
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LICYTO
Price: $ 81.10

GFAP

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Schwann, enteric glial, & satellite cells (weak staining: axons observed) Distinguishes neoplasms vs. neoplasms of astrocytic origin
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LIGFA
Price: $ 81.10

NSE

PNL2

PNL2 on Melanoma

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Yields a strong cytoplasmic staining of skin and oral mucosal melanocytes
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LPNL2
Price: $ 81.10

TTF1

Days tested: Monday-Friday
Specimen requirements: Tissue, Paraffin Block or Unstained Slide
Stain information: Expressed in epithelial cells of the thyroid gland and the lung.
Estimated turnaround time: 1 week
Test codes: LTTF-1
Price: $ 81.10

Processing, Embedding, Sectioning Services

Special Stains

Immunohistochemistry

IFAS

Veterinary Hospitals

Animal Airwaves