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The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) offers digital toxicology to account-holding clients. Digital toxicology provides evaluation of photos taken with smart phones, or other digital cameras, and an official report identifying items photographed (where possible) including an attachment with labeled photos for later reference – an advantage over shipping items to the laboratory…
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) Assistant Agency Director for Microbiology and Research Kiril Dimitrov, DVM, PhD, was part of three groups that recently published journal articles covering avian paramyxoviruses. Dr. Dimitrov collaborated with experts from Ukraine and USDA to characterize the genetic diversity of Newcastle disease viruses in wild and synanthropic birds in…
An 8-year-old spayed domestic short haired cat from east Texas presented to the veterinarian for a lesion on the right hip. When the lesion was shaved, a worm presented itself and was extracted. The worm was submitted to the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL), where it was identified as Dracunculus insignis. Dracunculus insignis, more…
Detection of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) by real time PCR.
Isolation and identification of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHD) using cell culture methods.
Differentiation between common serotypes of epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (serotypes 1, 2, and 6) by real time PCR.
Detection of antibodies to epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus type 1 (EHD-1) by virus neutralization.
Detection of antibodies to epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus type 2 (EHD-2) by virus neutralization.
Detection of antibodies to epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus type 6 (EHD-6) by virus neutralization.
Detection of equine arteritis virus, the causative agent of equine viral arteritis (EVA), by real time PCR.