Laboratory Services
The UC Davis Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory offers many services that can be utilized by collaborators from outside of our lab. Please contact Tanya Garcia-Nolen for questions about and scheduling of these services, as rates will vary with size and complexity of each project.
VORL Services and Rates (please note that prices are 33% higher than listed for companies outside of the University of California system)
Consultations and Expertise
Musculoskeletal Specimen Examination and Consultation
Computer-Aided/ Virtual Surgical Planning
Data Reduction, Custom Software, & Bio-Statistical Analysis
Gait and Locomotion Analysis
Gait is analyzed to understand the effects of disease and injuries on animal movement. At our EAPL location, we have multiple means of quantifying motion including: 2 force plates, a Tekscan pressure walkway, a Qualisys kinematic system, and a Companion stance analyzer for small to medium-sized animals.
Mechanical Testing
Materials Testing
Fixture Design and Fabrication
Cartilage and Tissue Material Properties
Localized Pressure Sensing
Medical Modeling and Manufacturing
The service provides custom software and expertise to convert a 3D medical image or other medical model to a physical 3D object by 3D-printing it. Custom surgical repair parts may be designed for patients. Custom surgical guides or the patient’s anatomy may be built for surgeons to use to help in surgery or for practice of the surgery.
Mineralized Tissue Processing
The service provides mineralized tissue (bone) sections cut so that they may be analyzed microscopically. Typical histological processing (ie for tissue) does not work on bone or bone with surgical implants. This allows for histologic analysis of bone or bone-implant interface, or dental tissue.
