Pathobiology Core Facilities & Services
Pathobiology Core Facilities & Resources
The Penn Vet Center for Host-Microbial Interactions (CHMI) utilizes cutting-edge genomic approaches to understand how microbes (viruses, bacteria and parasites) influence animal health and disease.
The Penn Vet Imaging Core (PVIC) was established to provide access to cutting-edge optical imaging capabilities for the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital, and Wistar Institute biological and biomedical research communities.
The comparative pathology core at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine provides the expertise of board-certified veterinary pathologists to investigators who utilize animal models to study disease.
Pathobiology Services
Precise diagnosis is imperative in determining successful treatment protocols. For that reason, New Bolton Center offers a range of diagnostic services through its many diagnostic laboratories.
Providing services for veterinary practitioners and researchers internationally the Penn Vet Diagnostic Lab at Ryan offers the following specialties.
- Anatomic Pathology-Histopathology (Biopsy and Autopsy Services)
- Clinical Pathology/Cytology
- Clinical Microbiology
- Diagnostic Parasitology
The core mission within the Division of Comparative Medicine and Research (DCM&R) in the Department of Pathobiology is divided into three specific activities:
- One — Veterinary Clinical
- Pathology
- Diagnostic Services and Regulatory Support: