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Starting April 29, the USDA requires lactating dairy cows to be tested for HPAI prior to movement.
View TVMDL’s guidelines to mitigate potential delays when submitting dairy samples for movement testing.

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Drug Testing During the Fall Livestock Show Season

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Drug Testing During the Fall Livestock Show Season Travis Mays, MS, PhD Between the months of August to December, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) performs drug testing on more than 1,000 urine, blood, fecal, and … [Read more...] about Drug Testing During the Fall Livestock Show Season

Anthrax in Horses: Disease Considerations and Insight

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Anthrax in Horses: Disease Considerations and Insight Guy Sheppard, DVM and Melanie Landis, DVM Bacillus anthracis is a spore-forming, facultative anaerobic, gram positive rod that is the causative agent of anthrax.  Spore formation occurs when … [Read more...] about Anthrax in Horses: Disease Considerations and Insight

ELISA Screening Detects Fumonisin in Corn

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ELISA Screening Detects Fumonisin in Corn Travis Mays, Analytical Chemistry Section Head A 3-year-old, male Quarter horse became ataxic and kept falling over, eventually being unable to rise. The horse ultimately had to be euthanized. The onset … [Read more...] about ELISA Screening Detects Fumonisin in Corn

Cutaneous habronemiasis superimposed on a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in a horse

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Cutaneous habronemiasis superimposed on a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in a horse By Andrés de la Concha-Bermejillo In the summer of 2018, four partial biopsies of an infected hot brand skin lesion from a Quarter Horse stallion were submitted in … [Read more...] about Cutaneous habronemiasis superimposed on a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in a horse

Piccione featured in The Remuda publication

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Recently, Clinical Pathology Section Head Dr. Julie Piccione was featured in the Texas Equine Veterinary Association's (TEVA) summer 2018 issue of The Remuda. Piccione co-authored an article discussing Pneumocystis in horses. Pneumocytosis is … [Read more...] about Piccione featured in The Remuda publication

Strongylus vulgaris associated with liver damage and neurologic symptoms in a gelding

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Strongylus vulgaris associated with liver damage and neurologic symptoms in a gelding By Barbara C. Lewis, DVM, MS, DACVP A six-year-old mixed breed gelding experienced a sudden onset of neurologic signs including a stiff jaw, body tremors, … [Read more...] about Strongylus vulgaris associated with liver damage and neurologic symptoms in a gelding

Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) Diagnosed in a Horse

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Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) Diagnosed in a Horse By Erin Edwards, DVM, MS, DACVP With over 800,000 tests run annually, TVMDL encounters many challenging cases. Our case study series will highlight these interesting cases to increase … [Read more...] about Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) Diagnosed in a Horse

Endometrial Biopsy: A tool to evaluate fertility in the mare

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Endometrial Biopsy: a tool to evaluate fertility in the mare  By Andrés de la Concha-Bermejillo DVM, MS, PhD With over 800,000 tests run annually, TVMDL encounters many challenging cases. Our case study series will highlight these interesting … [Read more...] about Endometrial Biopsy: A tool to evaluate fertility in the mare