Education Library

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Syndromic Diagnostic Plans

• Bovine Syndromic Diagnostic Plans

General TVMDL Information

• Introduction to TVMDL (video)
• TVMDL at a glance
• TVMDL Brochure
• Client information packet
• Providing diagnostics to the international community

Seasonal Diseases

• Zika in Texas

Drug Testing

• Livestock show drug testing
• Working with TVMDL to submit samples for drug testing
• Therapeutic drug monitoring
• How to collect a hair sample
• Feather sample collection preparation

Bacteriology

• Guide for submitting samples for fungal cultures

Clinical Pathology

• Clinical pathology services
• Digital cytology Services
• Proper blood smear preparation

Histopathology & Necropsy

• Comparative pathology & phenotyping services
• How to assemble a necropsy field kit

Endocrinology

• Thyroid Panel Selection Guide

Molecular Diagnostics

• Molecular diagnostics result interpretation
• Sending samples for molecular diagnostic testing

Serology

• Serum sample guidelines

Toxicology

• Fumonisin facts
• Guide to toxic plants
• Diagnosing toxic and nutritional conditions

 Packaging and Shipping

• Blood tube reference chart
• How to properly package a CWD sample
• How to safely package a sample for shipping to TVMDL
• Sending samples for molecular diagnostic testing