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...]
TVMDL adds three E.coli toxin typing tests to catalog
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) is pleased to announce three new additions to our test catalog. Due to recent improvements, the E.Coli (PCR) will be replaced by three, more targeted tests. These updated tests will … [Read more...]
Valvular endocarditis in a pig due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Valvular endocarditis in a pig due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae By Andrés de la Concha-Bermejillo, DVM, MS, PhD and Sonia Lingsweiler, BS, MS The carcass of a female, approximately 112-pound Landrace-Yorkshire pig, was submitted to the Texas … [Read more...]
Porcine Circovirus type 2: A focus on respiratory disease
Porcine Circovirus type 2: A focus on respiratory disease By Gabriel Gomez, DVM, PhD, Pam Ferro, MS, PhD, and Binu Velayudhan, BVSc, MVSc, PhD A 13-pound, juvenile, male intact, crossbred pig was submitted to the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical … [Read more...]
Two porcine tests retired from TVMDL catalog
Starting this month, TVMDL will no longer offer the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus-ELISA or the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus-IFA. Significantly low submission numbers have been reported for both tests. Should TVMDL receive a request for either of … [Read more...]
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome: A focus on the respiratory syndrome
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome: A focus on the respiratory syndrome By Gabriel Gomez, DVM, PhD, Pamela Ferro, MS, Phd, and Binu Velayudhan, BVSc, MVSc, PhD With over 800,000 tests run annually, TVMDL encounters many challenging … [Read more...]
