Comparative Pathology Research Core

Carmen Jane Booth, DVM, PhD

Director

About the core

Mission Statement: To provide quality pathology support for animal-based studies to better understand disease processes and their treatment. 

To enable basic and translational studies, the following services are offered:

Available to Yale researchers & external researchers

To place an order

Effective 12/1/25, all users must have an account in our lab management system, PPMS. Internal users can follow the PPMS Quick Start Manual.

PPMS Questions & external customers PPMS Quick Start manual

Links and resources

Rates

Mouse Research Pathology Support is the only USP at the Yale School of Medicine providing pathologic phenotyping by comparative veterinary pathologists. In addition to gross and histologic evaluation of animal models, we also provide a variety of high-quality histology services tailored to individual projects.

Rates effective 1/1/25.

ServicesUnitYale research investigatorExternal research investigator
C&T technical timeper hour$79.50$119.72
M&P technical timeper hour$79.00 
 
$115.00
Pathologistper hour$140.00$204.50
Necropsy: Research: Rodent (supplies only), for research animals onlyper necropsy$5.00$116.00
Histology: Tissue processing onlyper sample$10.00TBD
Histology: Tissue processing and embeddingper sample$12.25$35.00
Histology: Tissue processing, embedding, sectioning, 1st H&E Slideper sample$21.00$65.50
Histology: Cut unstained section from block (1-2 sections on one slide)per slide$3.50$14.75
Histology: H&E slideper slide$5.25$69.00
Histology: Special stains, non-silver stain only; no sectioningper slide$11.75$45.00
Histology: Silver stain only; no sectioningper slide$21.00$83.00
Histology: Frozen sectioningper section$21.00$400.00
Microbiology: Aerobic culture, including Pseudomonas screening culture, urine cultures, cecal screening cultureper sample$88.00TBD
Microbiology: Anaerobic cultureper sample$130.00TBD
Microbiology: Antibiotic sensitivity -- group 1per sample$84.00TBD
Microbiology: Antibiotic sensitivity -- group 2per sample$84.00TBD
Microbiology: Blood cultureper sample$145.00TBD
Microbiology: Diff Quick stainper sample$34.00TBD

Contacts

Director of Comparative Pathology Research

Carmen Jane Booth, DVM, PhD

Comparative Pathology Research & Necropsy Manager

Gordon Terwilliger, BS

Histology Manager

Michael Schadt, HT (ASCP)

Histotechnologist

Microbiology Manager