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Chronic Wasting Disease testing: TVMDL’s role in protecting Texas wildlife

November 7, 2022 by Mallory Pfeifer

A whitetail buck stands at alert in an open meadow on a foggy morning in Tennessee

As the state veterinary diagnostic laboratory, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) tests hundreds of thousands of samples annually. However, on the brink of each year’s deer hunting season, test numbers begin to spike … [Read more...] about Chronic Wasting Disease testing: TVMDL’s role in protecting Texas wildlife

Filed Under: DX Guidance, News Tagged With: cervid, CWD, deer, wildlife

Endocarditis in a White-Tailed Deer Caused by Trueperella pyogenes

August 9, 2022 by Mallory Pfeifer

A whitetail buck stands at alert in an open meadow on a foggy morning in Tennessee

Endocarditis in a White-Tailed Deer Caused by Trueperella pyogenes Erin Edwards, DVM, MS, DACVP A 1.5-year-old, captive, white-tailed deer buck was submitted to TVMDL for necropsy. The animal had a prolonged history of illness for at least 4 … [Read more...] about Endocarditis in a White-Tailed Deer Caused by Trueperella pyogenes

Filed Under: Case Study Tagged With: anatomic pathology, cervid, deer, histopathology, pathology, white tailed deer

TVMDL retires Ammonia (Distilation)

December 29, 2021 by Mallory Pfeifer

woman with brown hair and safety glasses pouring liquid into tube in laboratory

Starting December 30, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) will no longer offer Ammonia (Distilation). Requests for this test have remained consistently low the past two years. As an alternative, clients interested in … [Read more...] about TVMDL retires Ammonia (Distilation)

Filed Under: News, Test Catalog Updates Tagged With: analytical chemistry, bovine, caprine, cervid, ovine, toxicology, TVMDL

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory wraps up surge testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

October 21, 2021 by Mallory Pfeifer

The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, recently accomplished a testing milestone in the ongoing battle to curb the deadly disease in white tailed deer known as Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD. In June of 2021,  a … [Read more...] about Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory wraps up surge testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cervid, chronic wasting disease, CWD, deer, histopathology, pathology

Presumptive Primary Cerebral T-Cell Lymphoma in a White-Tailed Deer

July 13, 2021 by Mallory Pfeifer

Female white-tailed deer looking to the side

Four professionals from the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) recently contributed to literature covering a novel case in a white-tailed deer. Three members of TVMDL's anatomic pathology section, Josué Díaz-Delgado, DVM, … [Read more...] about Presumptive Primary Cerebral T-Cell Lymphoma in a White-Tailed Deer

Filed Under: News, Research & Publications Tagged With: anatomic pathology, cervid, deer, molecularl diagnostics, pathology

Demodex mites discovered in a White-Tailed deer

June 22, 2020 by Mallory Pfeifer

White-tailed deer in a Texas park in San Antonio

Demodex mites discovered in a White-Tailed deer Gabriel Gomez, DVM and Terry Hensley, MS, DVM A haired skin specimen from a White-Tailed deer of unknown age was submitted to the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) for … [Read more...] about Demodex mites discovered in a White-Tailed deer

Filed Under: Case Study Tagged With: cervid, college station, deer, histopathology, mites, parasites, pathology, white tailed deer

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in White-Tailed deer

July 29, 2019 by Mallory Pfeifer

Figure 1. Gross photograph showing ulceration of the mucosa of the dorsal aspect of the tongue in the white-tailed deer infected with epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV).

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in White-Tailed deer By Andrés de la Concha-Bermejillo, DVM, MS, PhD, Pamela Ferro, MS, PhD, and Megan Schroeder, PhD, and Brooke Kehlenbrink* *Fourth year veterinary student Food Animal Track TVMDL … [Read more...] about Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) in White-Tailed deer

Filed Under: Case Study Tagged With: cervid, college station, deer, histopathology, Molecular Diagnostics, necropsy, pathology, TVMDL, wildlife

Meningeal Worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) in a Sitatunga

June 28, 2019 by Mallory Pfeifer

two brown deer species with white marking eating green grass

Meningeal Worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) in a Sitatunga Terry Hensley, MS, DVM and Gabriel Gomez, DVM, PhD A less than one-year-old, 48 lb. female sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) in fair to poor body condition was submitted to the Texas A&M … [Read more...] about Meningeal Worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) in a Sitatunga

Filed Under: Case Study Tagged With: cervid, college station, deer, exotic, histopathology tvmdl, necropsy, pathology

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