Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin (COPLOW)

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Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin (COPLOW) The Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin (COPLOW)- University of Wisconsin-Madison

The COPLOW is a mail-in ocular pathology service designed to provide pathology services for clinical veterinary ophthalmologists around the country and world. Veterinary specialists in ophthalmology need a service which not only provides a timely and accurate diagnosis, but is capable of going beyond the diagnosis and investigating relevant aspects of ocular pathology to better understand the pathogenesis and prognosis of ocular disease. The laboratory is also interested in disseminating information on ocular pathology to students of ophthalmology at all levels.

This is the compound eye of the nocturnal Owlfly. Notice the adjustment of melanin distribution between day and night.
10/16/2026

This is the compound eye of the nocturnal Owlfly. Notice the adjustment of melanin distribution between day and night.

This is a mouthwash bottle of fish eyes. Each one that we have cut in has Diplostomum spp. trematodes in the lens.
10/16/2026

This is a mouthwash bottle of fish eyes. Each one that we have cut in has Diplostomum spp. trematodes in the lens.

Feline: Descemetocele
10/15/2026

Feline: Descemetocele

Eye of koala with lymphoma
10/15/2026

Eye of koala with lymphoma

Nicole Perry had previously visited COPLOW last year as a 4th-year vet student from the University of Florida. She loved...
10/14/2026

Nicole Perry had previously visited COPLOW last year as a 4th-year vet student from the University of Florida. She loved it so much that she decided to return for another visit while a Small Animal Rotating Intern at the University of Wisconsin.

Feline: Multiple congenital abnormalitiess of the globe in associaton with eyelid agenesis.
10/14/2026

Feline: Multiple congenital abnormalitiess of the globe in associaton with eyelid agenesis.

Canine conjunctival neoplasia seen as pie (Old archival data)
10/14/2026

Canine conjunctival neoplasia seen as pie (Old archival data)

Canine: Penetrating wound from a dental procedure.
10/13/2026

Canine: Penetrating wound from a dental procedure.

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Madison, WI
53706

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+16082634958

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