In addition to testing, TVMDL offers clients various additional services.
Click each fee category to view the fees and services.
Additional Fees
| Fee Name | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Consultation/Interpretation Fee | Fee for Analytical Chemistry to offer interpretation of water samples from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory. | $5.75 |
| Decalcification | Fee to decalcify a bone for histopathology. | $12.50 |
| Endpoint Titer | Fee to determine an endpoint titer on a sample previously tested. | $13.75 |
| Field Trip – 0-99 miles round trip | Fee for TVMDL professional to visit farm/ranch/pasture for diagnostic investigation. Field trip is less than 100 miles round trip. | $63.00 |
| Field Trip – 100+ miles round trip | Fee for TVMDL professional to visit farm/ranch/pasture for diagnostic investigation. Field trip is equal to / greater than 100 miles round trip. | $126.00 |
| Inoculation Fee | Fee to inoculate feline trich pouches. | $7.75 |
| NPIP Audit and Training | Fee charged for performing NPIP audit and/or training for NPIP sample collection. | $226.75 |
| Pooling Fee – Parasitology | Fee to charge for pooling samples. Fee is applied for each sample pooled. To be used for parasitology pooling. | $0.60 |
| Pooling Fee – Ear Notch and Trich | Fee to charge for pooling samples. Fee is applied for each sample pooled. To be used for ear notch and trich pooling. | $1.15 |
| Pooling Fee – MAP/Johne’s | Fee to charge for pooling samples. Fee is applied for each sample pooled. To be used for MAP/Johne’s. | $2.50 |
| Serum Collection | Fee to spin down a sample (no testing). | $1.25 |
| Special Dilution | Fee to perform a serology test at a special dilution. | $13.75 |
| Special Extraction | Fee for Analytical Chemistry to perform an additional/specialized extraction to conduct non-routine drug identification. | $39.75 |
| Decontamination Fee | Decontamination service required for coolers or other packages returned at the client’s request; or for decontamination needed when a client leaves a leaking box in after hours sample drop off. | $10.50 |
| Specimen Processing | Fee to process accessions with a large number of disorganized specimens. Fee is per accession. | $5.00 |
| Data Processing | Fee to create multiple spreadsheets for a single accession. Fee is per accession. | $3.00 |
Disposal Fees
| Fee Name | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Disposal – Companion Animal 20 lbs and Under | Fee to accept companion animal 20 lbs and under for disposal only (no necropsy). | $85.00 |
| Disposal – Companion Animal 21 lbs and Up | Fee to accept companion animal 21 lbs and over for disposal only (no necropsy). | $113.50 |
| Disposal – TSE Carcass | Fee for disposal of entire body received for TSE testing. | $56.75 |
| Disposal – TSE Head | Fee for disposal of a head received for TSE testing. | $24.25 |
| Disposal – Equine < 200 lbs | Fee to accept equine under 200 lbs for disposal only (no necropsy). | $113.50 |
| Disposal – Equine 1000 – 2000 lbs | Fee to accept equine greater than 1000 lbs for disposal only (no necropsy). | $340.25 |
| Disposal – Equine 200 – 1000 lbs | Fee to accept equine between 200 – 1000 lbs for disposal only (no necropsy). | $226.75 |
| Disposal – Food Animal < 200 lbs | Fee to accept food animals under 200 lbs for disposal only (no necropsy). | $56.75 |
| Disposal – Food Animal > 1000 lbs | Fee to accept food animals greater than 1000 lbs for disposal only (no necropsy). | $198.50 |
| Disposal – Food Animal 200 – 1000 lbs | Fee to accept food animals 200-1000 lbs for disposal only (no necropsy). | $136.00 |
| Disposal – Horseshoe Removal | Fee to remove horseshoes prior to chemical digestion. Fee is per animal. | $25.00 |
| Disposal – Research | Fee to accept poundage for disposal from academic research entities. Price listed is per pound. | $0.40 |
Necropsy Fees
| Fee Name | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Brain Removal – Large Animal | Fee to remove a brain (no necropsy). | $56.75 |
| Tissue Collection – TSE | Fee to collect samples for TSE testing. | $24.25 |
| Tissue Processing – Necropsy | Fee to process gut buckets in necropsy. | $17.00 |
| Spinal Cord Removal – Large Animal | Fee to remove spinal cord from a large animal during necropsy. | $198.50 |
| Spinal Cord Removal – Small Animal | Fee to remove spinal cord from a small animal during necropsy. | $56.75 |
| Brain Removal – Small Animal | Fee to remove a brain (no necropsy). | $26.25 |
| Head Removal | Fee to remove a head for rabies testing (no necropsy). | $26.25 |
Processing Fees
| Fee Name | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Accession Fee – TVMDL | Fee to receive samples, enter test requests and client data. | $8.50 |
| After Hours Receipt | Fee to accept a carcass after regular business hours. | $131.25 |
| Case Report – Edits | Edits to cases at the request of the client. Examples may include splitting a case previously accessioned as one, correcting an animal ID, adding a collection date. Charge is per case | $11.25 |
| Case Report – Edits to Regulatory Reports | Edits to closed case reports for regulatory cases. Charge is per case. | $16.75 |
| Case Report – Resend from Archives | Copies of case reports from USALIMS. Charge is per case report. | $16.75 |
| Additional/Duplicate Slides – Histopathology | Fee for duplicate slides requested by the client. | $14.25 |
| IHC Stain | Fee to add an IHC stain to a case. | $39.75 |
| Histo Block Only | Fee for histopathology to create a block from fixed tissue. | $11.25 |
| Insufficient History or Paperwork | Fee to collect a required history or regulatory paperwork required to complete testing. | $3.50 |
| Slide Preparation & Recuts | Fee to process duplicate slides or recuts from blocks. | $14.25 |
| Tissue Prep – Histopathology | Fee for histopath to create FA slides, stain slides for other sections, prep tissue for PCR testing, place fresh tissue in formalin, etc. | $15.25 |
| Tissue Processing – Histopathology | Fee to remove and transfer tissue from inappropriately packaged samples (i.e. glass jars). | $11.25 |
| Tissues > 10 Cassettes | Fee to process tissues into more than 10 cassettes. | $12.50 |
| Whole Bodies | Fee charged per case to process whole bodies submitted in formalin for histopathology. | $28.25 |
| Whole Limbs & Mandibles | Fee charged to process whole limbs or mandibles received for histopathology. | $28.25 |
| Tissue/Feed Prep – Analytical Chemistry | Fee to prepare tissue or feed for testing. | $11.25 |
| Insurance Case Preparation | Fee to account for the increased effort to perform a test or procedure that will result in an insurance case. | $226.75 |
| Legal Case Preparation | Fee to account for the increased effort to perform a test or procedure that will result in a legal case. | $420.00 |
| Additional Slides – Clinical Pathology | Fee to process >10 slides from a single lesion submitted for cytology. Fee is per cytology test, not per slide. | $3.25 |
| Full Lesion Description | Fee to provide a full histopathological description. Fee is per case. | $42.00 |
| Needle Removal | Fee to remove and dispose of needles and to extract clotted samples from syringes. Fee is per case. | $5.25 |
| Case Report – Edits to Referral Reports | Edits to closed case reports for referral tests. Charge is per referral lab. | $11.25 |
| Case Report – Resend | Charge to resend reports from COFL. Charge is per report. | $5.00 |
Referral Fees
| Fee Name | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery/Handling – Radiographs | Fee to transport a body to TAMU SVM for radiographs at the request of the client. | $12.50 |
| Delivery/Handling – Referral Testing Local | Fee to package and deliver a sample to a local referral lab at the request of the client. | $12.50 |
| Referral Test Processing | Fee to prepare samples and paperwork to be sent to a referral lab. Fee also covers time required to load referral results into LIMS, release preliminary and/or final reports, invoice clients, and match referral lab invoices with TVMDL accessions. Fee is per test. | $5.00 |
| Shipping/Handling – Referral Testing | Fee to package and ship (via Priority) a sample at the request of a client. May be used for referral shipments or items sent to TVMDL in error. | $26.75 |
Shipping Fees
| Fee Name | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Handling – Biohazard Package | Fee for retrieving packages held by the carrier due to improper packaging. | $30.00 |
| Shipping/Handling – Express Paperwork | Fee to ship paperwork to a client via express service. Fee is per package, not per accession. | $20.00 |
| Shipping/Handling – Ground Package | Fee to package and ship to a client via Ground service, delivery usually in 3-5 business days. Fee is per package, not per order. | $15.75 |
| Shipping/Handling – Ground Paperwork | Fee to ship paperwork to a client via ground service. Fee is per package, not per accession. | $8.50 |
| Shipping/Handling – Non Standard Package | Fee to ship non-standard size items such as coolers. Charge is actual cost of shipping + $5 processing fee. | $5.00 |
| Shipping/Handling – Priority Package | Fee to package and ship to a client via Priority service. Fee is per package, not per order. | $26.75 |
| Supplies via Local Pickup | Fee to package supplies to be picked up by the client at TVMDL. Fee is per order. | $5.25 |
Stat Fees
| Fee Name | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| STAT Fee – Clinical Pathology | Fee to perform a rush test in Clinical Pathology. STAT fees are charged per test and are in addition to the test fee. Not all tests are available STAT. | $20.00 |
| STAT Fee | Fee to perform a rush test. STAT fees are charged per test and are in addition to the test fee. Not all tests are available STAT. | $52.50 |