The Comparative Pathology Lab (CPL)

The Comparative Pathology Lab (CPL) is an integral part of the Division of Comparative Medicine and has four primary functions:

(1) To provide comparative pathology services in support of the veterinary care, quarantine and surveillance programs of the Division;
(2) To make the services of the laboratory available to investigators within or outside MIT on a fee-for-service basis;
(3) To participate in the research activities of the Division relative to animal care and disease control;
(4) To participate in the formal and informal teaching programs conducted within the Division.

Diagnostic laboratory services include:
(*) Microbiology (bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology)
(*) Clinical pathology (hematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis)
(*) Molecular biology and serology

CPL can help find outside reference laboratories if an endpoint is not provided in-house.