• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Locations:
  • Canyon
  • Center
  • College Station
  • Gonzales
  • TVMDL Career Center
  • Contact Us

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Apple App

download on the Apple App Store
download the app on Google Play

Search

Translate:

  • Find a Form
  • Deliver a Sample
    • Specimen Collection Information
    • Packaging Samples for Shipment
    • Drop Off a Sample
    • Cremation
    • Order Supplies
  • Client Portal
    • Get Test Results
    • SVA Portal
    • Pay a Bill
  • Become a Client
  • Resources
    • TVMDL Bovine Testing Guidance and Reference Material
    • Diagnostic Plans
      • Bovine Syndromic Diagnostic Plans
      • Equine Syndromic Diagnostic Plans
      • Small Ruminant Syndromic Diagnostic Plans
      • Small Animal Syndromic Diagnostic Plans
    • Education Library
    • Case Study Library
    • Electronic Reporting: QR Coding Process
    • CoreOne Resources
  • About Us
    • Locations and Hours
    • Agency Leadership
    • Speaker’s Bureau
    • Texas Pullorum-Typhoid Program
    • TVMDL Mobile app
    • Contact Us
  • Locations
    • College Station Laboratory
    • Canyon Laboratory
    • Center Laboratory
    • Gonzales Laboratory
  • Contact Us

In-Pouch vs PBS for Trichomonas testing in bulls

June 8, 2020 by Mallory Pfeifer

In-Pouch vs PBS for trichomonas testing in bulls
Guy Sheppard, DVM

Over two years ago, the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) approved the direct smegma sample submitted in PBS solution as an acceptable testing method for Trichomoniasis (Trich). This method quickly became a popular method among Texas veterinarians.

There are several advantages that the PBS method has over the InPouch method, For example, there is no expiration date on the PBS product and PBS solution can be purchased in generous volumes at a relatively low price. Samples submitted in PBS also do not require incubation prior to running the PCR test, reducing turn around time for results by up to two days.

As with almost everything, there are some possible disadvantages associated with the PBS test.  Samples in PBS cannot be pooled, and culture for Trich is not an option for these samples.

For a comprehensive guide to TVMDL’s Trich testing options, view this printable document. As a reminder, all bulls tested for Trich must be officially identified at the time the initial test sample is collected and the official identification must be recorded on TAHC’s approved test document prior to sample submission. This completed document must accompany all Trich samples submitted to TVMDL for testing.

For more information about the Texas Trichomoniasis Program, view this TAHC resource document.

To learn more about TVMDL’s Trich testing options or submission guidelines, visit tvmdl.tamu.edu or call the College Station laboratory at 1.888.646.5623 or the Amarillo laboratory at 1.888.646.5624.

Filed Under: DX Guidance, News Tagged With: Amarillo, bovine, bulls, cattle, college station, trich, trichomonas, trichomoniasis, TVMDL, veterinary diagnostician, veterinary diagnostics

Primary Sidebar

Latest News

  • Diagnostic guidance: Mycoplasma testing options September 18, 2023
  • Campbell joins TVMDL as veterinary diagnostician August 28, 2023
  • Shipping samples in the Texas heat August 17, 2023
  • TVMDL adds new testing for Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii August 14, 2023
  • Epidemiology of systemic mycoses in Texas August 11, 2023
  • Historical overview of anthrax in Texas’ livestock population (1974-2022) August 11, 2023

Footer

For Employees

  • Employee Email
  • TVMDL Rules & Procedures
  • TVMDL Career Center
  • Emergency Alert Systems
  • AgriLife People Directory
  • AgriLife Administrative Services
  • TAMUS Single Sign On
  • Facebook

State of Texas

  • Texas.gov Portal
  • Texas Veterans Portal
  • Statewide Search
  • Texas Homeland Security
  • Risk, Fraud, & Misconduct Hotline

Policies

  • Privacy and Security Policy
  • Accessibility Policy
  • Texas A&M AgriLife
  • Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostics Laboratory
  • Texas A&M Forest Service
  • Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
  • Texas A&M AgriLife Research

483 Agronomy Rd
College Station, TX 77843