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Stock show season brings together months of preparation for exhibitors and their animals. Veterinarians play a key role in ensuring that performance animals are managed responsibly and in compliance with competition rules. The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, offers performance animal drug screening using modern LC/MS (liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry). Each year, TVMDL…
TVMDL is committed to providing commercial poultry clients timely, accurate, and superior testing and services to ensure their products can continue to meet the needs of Texas’ economy. Choose an option to be directed to the most appropriate resource: Meet the Pathologists TVMDL is proud to employ a slate of dedicated pathologists who are committed…
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, is dedicated to serving its clients and recognizes the unique needs of those who submit samples in bulk. These clients often rely on fast, accurate results to maintain animal health, meet export deadlines, and respond swiftly to emerging threats within a herd or flock. To help optimize…
Slides from an aspirate of a mass on the left elbow of a two-year-old, intact male German Shepherd dog were submitted to the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) for examination. The slides had moderate numbers of macrophages, few multi-nucleated cells and neutrophils, and a large amount of brown staining material (mineralization). There were…
Tissue from a mass on the dorsal head of a twelve-year-old spayed female, mixed breed dog was submitted to the histopathology section at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) for examination. The mass on the head was noticed by the owner approximately two months before removal and it had grown noticeably during that…
In late March, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) diagnosed senna toxicosis in two separate goat herds, from west and central Texas. In the first case, a 2-month-old goat kid was found suddenly dead along with one other goat kid. A third surviving kid was reported to be clinically ill. Histologically, the heart…
Punch biopsies of an ulcerated plaque in the nasal mucosa of a male-castrated, 12-year-old, Quarter horse were submitted to the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) in 10% buffered formalin for histopathologic examination. History noted that the ulcerated plaque was a squamous cell carcinoma or an infection. Histologically, there was no evidence of neoplasia…
Beetles found in a new batch of alfalfa hay were submitted to the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) for identification. TVMDL’s toxicology section can identify toxic and non-toxic beetles using microscopic examination. The beetles submitted were identified as Tiger beetles (Cicindelidae sp.) (Figure 1). Tiger beetles are characterized by having large, carnivorous mouth parts…
Besnoitia spp. are protozoal parasites that form tissue cysts in intermediate hosts. Besnoitiosis caused by B. darlingi is well described in Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana), and cats serve as the definitive host. In opossums, B. darlingi infection can typically be identified externally by the presence of cutaneous, 2-4 mm, round to ovoid, smooth, white nodules. The pinnae and mucous membranes…
Dr. Kiril Dimitrov Kiril Dimitrov, DVM, MS, PhD, joined TVMDL in 2019. Initially, he served as the virology and molecular diagnostics section head at TVMDL’s Amarillo laboratory. The following year he joined the College Station laboratory to serve as the virology section head. In 2021, he was promoted to the agency’s assistant director for microbiology…