Our Pathology service supports the diagnosis of disease through laboratory testing of blood and other bodily fluids, tissues and microscopic evaluation of individual cells.  Our on-site clinical pathology laboratory is fully-equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. All testing is performed by highly-trained medical technologists, each with many years of both human and veterinary clinical pathology experience.

• Routine clinical pathology diagnostic testing with rapid turnaround time; includes:
  • Hematology tests (CBC, reticulocyte count, blood type, cross match, canine Coombs test)
  • Clinical chemistry tests (serum and urine)
  • Coagulation tests (PT/PTT)
  • Fluid and cytology analysis
  • Urinalysis
  • Fecal analysis by centrifugation with or without egg quantification
• Abnormal CBCs, cytologies and fluid samples are reviewed by on-site ACVP board certified clinical pathologists.

Our contact information is:

Cheryl Stockman
Laboratory Manager
Clinical Pathology
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
200 Westboro Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
Office (508) 887-4267
Lab (508) 887- 4669
Fax (508) 839-7936

Requests for patient testing must be made by a licensed veterinarian or an official animal agency representative.  Please contact the Laboratory Manager prior to sample submission for account set up, availability of testing and price quotes. Samples will be accepted only with prior account set up.  No testing can be performed by the request of a private animal owner.