TVMDL’s Canyon location is the agency’s second full service laboratory. This lab employs approximately 20 employees across all testing disciplines offered by TVMDL.
Full Service Lab
Resident Director: Dr. Alexis Thompson
Phone: 806.651.7478
Toll Free Phone: 888.646.5624
Fax: 806.651.7477
Finance/Account Information: 979.458.3207
Courier/GPS Address
3209 Russell Long Blvd.
Canyon, TX 79016
USPS Mailing Address*
WT Box 60818
Canyon, TX 79016
Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday morning, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.**
*Due to this lab’s on campus location, samples shipped via USPS are sorted through university postal hubs. This process adds additional transit time.
**Staff are only available to accept and accession packages. Necropsy services are available Monday-Friday during regular business hours.
General Questions
When calling the lab with a case-specific question, please have the following information available to best assist TVMDL staff in answering your questions.
Information for general consultations
- Previous or current TVMDL accession number
- Pertinent testing done at TVMDL or at another lab
- Signalment
- Vaccination history
- Working differential diagnosis
Additional information for production animal consultations
- Production type
- History of current condition in the population
- Clinical signs in other animals
- Morbidity percentage/mortality percentage in the population
As a reminder, TVMDL can only share case information with the Submitting Client per the agency’s client confidentiality policy.
For questions specific to your client portal login, call the Finance Section. All other questions can be addressed by calling 979.845.3414 or emailing clientservices@tvmdl.tamu.edu.
Drop Off Information
Routine samples delivered on weekdays after 4:30 p.m. will be accessioned the next business day. Secure, climate controlled specimen lockers are available 24/7/365. Large animals delivered after hours that require assistance from TVMDL personnel will incur an additional fee.