Submission & Prices

Submission instructions

Hematology

  • Prepare 2-3 bloodfilms as outlined in the download "Bloodfilm Preparation"
  • Send samples together with the submission form directly to

    Pendl Lab
    Untere Roostmatt 7
    CH-6300 Zug
     
  • Include information on pcv (requisite), hb & trbc (optional)
  • Please note: We neither can accept nor process whole-blood samples - do not send samples in EDTA or heparin

 

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Cytology

  • Prepare 3-6 dried native cytologic specimens on glass slides as outlined in the download "Sampling for Cytology"
  • Send samples together with the submission form directly to Pendl Lab to

    Pendl Lab
    Untere Roostmatt 7
    CH-6300 Zug

 

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Histology

Clients from Europe

Please follow the instructions in the 'Sampling for Histology' download and send the formalin-fixed samples, together with the checklist and submission form marked 'EVALUATION BY DR PENDL', to

Institut für Veterinär-Pathologie, 

zu Händen TÄ Isabelle Kübler 

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 

Frankfurter Straße 96

35392 Gießen 

GERMANY

 

Clients from Switzerland

Please follow the instructions in the download "Sampling for Histology" and send the formalin fixed samples together with the submission form and the checklist to

Pendl Lab
Untere Roostmatt 7
CH-6300 Zug

 

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In case of “dead in shell” embryos or very small chicks the coelomic cavity and skull is opened with 2-4 delicate scissor cuts and the whole body is put into into formalin. If possible, the area around the thyroid/parathyroid gland and the Bursa should be formalinized separately in an Eppendorff tube.
Great tit (P. major), 3d post hatch, full body in formalin
Full body section of a dead-in-shell Parson's - Chamaeleon (Calumna parsoni parsoni), reparation by Fachpraxis für Tierpathologie, München, Germany
Veiled chamaeleon (C. calyptratus) hatchling, full body section, HE stain

Pathology

  • Necropsies can only be performed on carcasses < 5kg
  • Please notify by phone (076 310 13 65) prior to shipment/drop off
  • All necropsies are performed in combination with a cytologic evaluation
  • A set of samples for microbiology, virology, parasitology, and histology will be preserved and processed on request
Budgerigar nestling (Melopsittacus undulatus) with multiple hemorrhages and pale organs in the coelomic cavity due to Polyomavirus infection (confirmed by PCR)
Budgerigar nestling (Melopsittacus undulatus) with multiple hemorrhages and pale organs in the coelomic cavity due to Polyomavirus infection (confirmed by PCR), corresponding microphotographs in the gallery
Ball python (Python regius) with severe anemia and bacterial septicemia (confirmed by icrobiology and cytology) and underlying BIBD infection (confirmed by histology)
Ball python (Python regius) with severe anemia and bacterial septicemia (confirmed by microbiology and cytology) and underlying BIBD infection (confirmed by histology), corresponding microphotographs in the gallery
Wild mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) with rice grain like sarcocysts in the pectoral muscle, incidental finding
Wild mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) with rice-grain-like sarcocysts in the pectoral muscle, incidental finding, corresponding microphotographs in the gallery

Pricing/Invoicing

Prices for routine diagnostic workups are listed in the submission form. Invoicing is carried out on a monthly basis. All prices are in CHF. For SEPA transfers, the amount is converted into € using the current CHF/€ exchange rate at the day of invoicing.

Prices for services within scientific collaborations, teaching, and consulting are calculated individually for each project – please contact Dr. Pendl directly.

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