Pathology

The Progenix Research facility includes a dedicated histology laboratory for processing wet tissues to slides. Tissue samples are taken in the animal unit dedicated necropsy suite and transferred to the on-site histology laboratory for processing. The laboratory includes state-of-the-art facilities for:

Wet tissue trimming Tissue processing Sectioning Paraffin wax embedding Resin embedding Haematoxylin and eosin stain Full range of special stains

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Necropsy supervision and slide reading is carried out by our on-site veterinary pathologists. The training of these pathologists is overseen by an internationally-renowned expert in toxicological pathology, who also peer-reviews the work of the on-site pathologists.   "...Necropsy supervision and slide reading... by our on-site veterinary pathologist"