In-Pouch vs PBS for trichomonas testing in bulls Guy Sheppard, DVM Over two years ago, the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) approved the direct smegma sample submitted in PBS solution as an acceptable testing method for Trichomoniasis … [Read more...]
Reminder: Texas Trichomoniasis Program Updates
Updates to the testing protocols for the Texas Trichomoniasis Program will go into effect on Friday, June 15th. The Texas Trichomoniasis Program has entered its 10th year and considerable progress has been made in its initial years, but much is … [Read more...]
Texas Trichomoniasis Program testing protocols updated
The Texas Trichomoniasis Program has entered its 10th year and considerable progress has been made in its initial years, but much is left to accomplish. The program is administered by the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) with testing conducted … [Read more...]
TVMDL adds Tritrichomonas foetus (Tfoe) Direct qPCR test to test catalog
Effective November 1, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) began accepting samples for the new Tritrichomonas foetus (Tfoe) Direct qPCR test. The Tfoe Direct qPCR test has increased sensitivity which aids in the … [Read more...]
Texas Animal Health Commission changes shipping time for Trich test samples
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) voted at its December 2016 commission meeting to decrease the allowed shipping time of trichomonas samples from veterinarians to the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL). Samples for … [Read more...]
Attention Cattle Clients: Trich InPouch resupply
Reposted from the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC). Biomed Diagnostics, the producer of the Tritrichomonas InPouch, has resolved the brief backorder of this product. Veterinary distributors who sell the Biomed InPouch have been resupplied. … [Read more...]
Dr. Helman appears on CREET Beat, KGNC Golden Spread AgriBusiness Update
The weekly Amarillo-area radio show, KGNC-710 Golden Spread AgriBusiness Update, invited R. Gayman Helman, DVM, PhD, MA, resident director of the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) in Amarillo to discuss veterinary … [Read more...]
Trich-onomics
(originally published on Drovers Cattle Network) By John Maday, Editor, Bovine Veterinarian When a third or more of a rancher’s cows turn up open, which can happen when trichomoniasis, or trich, infects a herd, the rancher obviously takes a … [Read more...]
