Quincy Plumlee, DVM, TVMDL anatomic pathology resident, along with Gabriel Gomez, DVM, PhD, ACVP, TVMDL section head for necropsy and veterinary pathologist, recently co-authored a publication on an emerging fungal pathogen in … [Read more...]

Gabriel Gomez, DVM, PhD, ACVP, TVMDL section head for necropsy and veterinary pathologist, recently co-authored a journal article published in the Cell Host and Microbe journal. The article, entitled, "Global Reprogramming of Host Kinase Signaling … [Read more...]

A recent outbreak of canine influenza virus (CIV) in Florida and Georgia has found its way to Texas. In early June, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) diagnosed positive cases of CIV in two dogs within the state. The … [Read more...]

COLLEGE STATION – One plant currently flowering across different parts of the state is poisonous and should be of concern to ranchers, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert and Dr. Cat Barr, TVMDL … [Read more...]

Effective Wednesday, May 24, TVMDL will discontinue its Lipase test offering. With the development of improved tests, and an abundance of literature citing the low sensitivity and specificity of lipase for pancreatitis, lipase is rarely requested by … [Read more...]

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s (TVMDL) Clinical Pathology Section Head Julie Piccione, DVM, MS, DACVP, recently co-authored a journal article published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA). … [Read more...]

On May 1, 2017, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) in College Station welcomed Assistant Section Head of Bacteriology Nandhu Balakrishnan, PhD, MS, to the agency. Dr. Balakrishnan received his Bachelor of Science … [Read more...]

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Veterinary Diagnostician Jessie Monday, DVM, spoke to radio host James Hunt about plants that can cause liver damage and photosensitization in cattle. You can hear the interview from April … [Read more...]

The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL), is pleased to announce our free mobile app is available to download for both Android (Play Store) and iOS (Apple iTunes store) devices. The TVMDL mobile app gives you the ability … [Read more...]

The year 2017 marks TVMDL’s 50th anniversary of service to the veterinary community, citizens of Texas and the nation. This Golden Anniversary is celebrated on a new website, http://agrilife.org/tvmdl50/ that highlights the impact TVMDL has had on … [Read more...]

On April 1, C. Gabriel Senties-Cue, MS, MVZ, DACPV, joined the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) as resident director for the agency’s Center, Texas location. Dr. Senties-Cue comes to TVMDL from the California Animal … [Read more...]

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s (TVMDL) Assistant Section Head of Pathology Gabriel Gomez, DVM, PhD, DACVP, co-authored a journal article published in Veterinary Pathology. The article discusses the use of panfungal … [Read more...]

Effective immediately, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) will no longer offer the following tests: Anaplasmosis Card Test.  TVMDL suggests the cELISA or qPCR as alternatives. Coagulation Profile (prothrombin … [Read more...]

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s (TVMDL) Amarillo Resident Director R. Gayman Helman, DVM, PhD, MA, recently co-authored a journal article published in International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife The article … [Read more...]

The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) has expanded its options for testing for Cryptosporidium and now offers a Cryptosporidium sp. real-time PCR assay for the detection of Cryptosporidium in fecal samples. This obligate, … [Read more...]

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory Amarillo Resident Director Gayman Helman, DVM, PhD, MA, spoke to radio host James Hunt about some recent abortions the Amarillo lab has seen caused by Q-Fever, as well as health and safety issues … [Read more...]

Travis Mays, Analytical Chemistry Section Head at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, was featured in the February edition of the National Swine Registry’s official publication, Seedstock EDGE. The article titled, “The Ins … [Read more...]

The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory’s (TVMDL) Clinical Pathology Section Head, Julie Piccione, DVM, MS, DACVP, recently authored an article,“What is your diagnosis? Mass on the foot of a duck”, published in Veterinary Clinical … [Read more...]

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) Assistant Agency Director Terry Hensley DVM, MS, recently co-authored a journal article published in Poultry, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences. The article focuses on anesthetic tissue … [Read more...]

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) Assistant Agency Director Terry Hensley DVM, MS, recently co-authored a journal article published in Small Ruminant Research. The article focuses on antibiotic residues in tissues of … [Read more...]