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A veterinary pathologist at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, Josué Díaz-Delgado, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP, recently contributed to the publication of a new peer-reviewed research article addressing an emerging bacterial threat to U.S. catfish aquaculture. The article documents the first confirmed case of Plesiomonas shigelloides infection in Texas commercial catfish production. This […]

Two Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, employees were selected to receive Vice Chancellor’s Awards in Excellence honors at the Texas A&M AgriLife Connect ceremonies Jan. 7 on the Texas A&M University campus. Since 1980, Texas A&M AgriLife has annually recognized individuals whose exceptional contributions have advanced its mission. The 2025 award recipients include […]

Four employees from the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) have been honored with the prestigious 2025 Eugster Award. This award program is named in honor of Dr. A. Konrad Eugster, TVMDL’s former executive director, who served the agency for more than 30 years.  Dr. Eugster exemplified a lifetime of service to others. In […]

Every test sample that comes through the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, tells part of a story — about the health of animals, the environment and the humans they impact.   Carlos Rodriguez, informatics and epidemiology program director at TVMDL, turns those data points into insight.  Long before he led TVMDL’s informatics and epidemiology […]

A single burst pipe can interrupt high-stakes testing or ruin expensive equipment. That’s why one longtime employee has become the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, College Station facility’s first responder to anything that hisses, leaks, clangs, or drips.  TVMDL runs more than 2,000 tests daily to protect the health, economy, and food supply […]

After dedicating 20 years to the agency, Amy Swinford, DVM, MS, DACVM, director of the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, will retire at the end of December. During her tenure as director, Swinford has led the agency through multiple high-volume testing events, ensured TVMDL maintained a strong presence across national organizations, and elevated […]

Ellen Ruth Alexander Morris, Ph.D., Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, scientist in the research and development section, recently co-authored a review article exploring the use of next-generation sequencing, NGS, technologies in veterinary medicine. The paper focuses on Oxford Nanopore Technologies, ONT, a leading third-generation sequencing platform recognized for its real-time, portable, long-read capabilities.  The […]

The Texas A&M University System, TAMUS, Board of Regents has recognized Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, Assistant Agency Director for Pathology Gabriel Gomez, DVM, PhD, as a 2024-2025 Regents Fellow Service Award recipient. The Regents Fellow Service Award Program was established in 1998 to recognize extension, service, and research professionals. Each year, this […]

Effective Jan. 1, The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has named Kiril Dimitrov, DVM, Ph.D., director of the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, following the retirement of Amy Swinford, DVM, MS, DACVM, from the position. Dimitrov joined the agency in 2019 as head of the virology and molecular diagnostics section at […]

Three professionals from the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, were honored at this year’s American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, AAVLD, meeting in Aurora, Colorado. Amy Swinford, DVM, TVMDL director, was the 2025 recipient of the E.P. Pope Award, AAVLD’s highest recognition. The E.P. Pope Award signifies immense contributions to AAVLD and the […]