The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) has several professionals employed who are available for consultation on a variety of subjects. To get the most from a consultation, it is helpful to have the following information ready to provide to TVMDL:
General information to have available for all consultations:
- Previous or current TVMDL accession numbers
- Pertinent testing done in-house or at another lab
- Signalment (if not given already)
- Vaccination history
- Working differential diagnosis
- Succinct question for the veterinary diagnosticians
For production animal/population this additional information would be helpful:
- Production type
- Cow-calf
- Seedstock
- Dairy
- Calf ranch
- Stockers
- Starters
- Finishers
- History of current condition in the population (previous illness or deaths)
- Clinical signs in the other animals
- Morbidity percentage/mortality percentage in the population