Factors involved in a Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex (BRDC) diagnosis By Guy Sheppard, DVM The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) frequently works on Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) cases. Multiple factors lead to … [Read more...]
Piccione co-authors journal article on tick-borne relapsing fever in Texas
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) Clinical Pathology Section Head Julie Piccione, DVM, MS, DACVP, recently co-authored a journal article over tick-borne relapsing fever in domestic Texas dogs. This study is the first to … [Read more...]
Weimaraner puppy diagnosed with Chagas disease
Weimaraner puppy diagnosed with Chagas disease Written by Dr. Julie Piccione, Clinical Pathology Section Head With over 800,000 tests run annually, TVMDL encounters many challenging cases. Our case study series will highlight these interesting … [Read more...]
What do you know about Malignant Catarrhal Fever?
An infectious systemic disease, Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) affects ruminants, from domestic cattle and goats to farmed hoofstock, like deer. Both the Texas livestock industry and exotic animal producers should be aware of MCF, its clinical signs … [Read more...]
Proper Sample Submission for Chronic Wasting Disease
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a prion disease that affects farmed and free-ranging white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, red deer, sika deer and moose. CWD was confirmed in mule deer from the trans-Pecos region of Texas in 2012. Texas deer producers … [Read more...]
