Conducted at the department of veterinary pathology diagnostic investigations help establish the cause of illness or death of farm animals, companion animals and horses. In relation to the farm animals these investigations most often encompass the pathology assessment after the death of an animal, namely infectious diseases. In companion animals investigations mostly relate to examination of cells and tissues using thin needle aspiration biopsies and surgical biopsies, including tumors and skin biopsies. The different actors that benefit from pathological examination of farm animals include animal owners, veterinarians, food animal sectors and the government. In this way, the prognosis of the disease allows the animal’s owner and the veterinarian to take therapeutic or preventive measures appropriate to the specific case. The animals sectors and the government obtain information to advance animal disease monitoring and surveillance. Cyto- and histopathology of companion animals and horses is carried out to support clinical follow-up by veterinarians. Terminal findings of autopsy assuming significance as clinical and therapeutic treatment is assessed and explored based on the outcome.

These are facilities such as necropsy room with all the necessary modern equipment for poultry ’s necropsy and microscopy room. Further laboratory diagnostics is performed in Averroes Laboratories’ (ARL) bacteriological, virological, parasitology laboratory and molecular biology laboratory.