• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Locations:
  • Canyon
  • Center
  • College Station
  • Gonzales
  • TVMDL Career Center
  • Contact Us

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Apple App

download on the Apple App Store
download the app on Google Play

Search

Translate:

  • Find a Form
  • Deliver a Sample
    • Specimen Collection Information
    • Packaging Samples for Shipment
    • Drop Off a Sample
    • Cremation
    • Order Supplies
  • Client Portal
    • Get Test Results
    • SVA Portal
    • Pay a Bill
  • Become a Client
  • Resources
    • TVMDL Bovine Testing Guidance and Reference Material
    • Diagnostic Plans
      • Bovine Syndromic Diagnostic Plans
      • Equine Syndromic Diagnostic Plans
      • Small Ruminant Syndromic Diagnostic Plans
      • Small Animal Syndromic Diagnostic Plans
    • Education Library
    • Case Study Library
    • Electronic Reporting: QR Coding Process
    • CoreOne Resources
  • About Us
    • Locations and Hours
    • Agency Leadership
    • Speaker’s Bureau
    • Texas Pullorum-Typhoid Program
    • TVMDL Mobile app
    • Contact Us
  • Locations
    • College Station Laboratory
    • Canyon Laboratory
    • Center Laboratory
    • Gonzales Laboratory
  • Contact Us

Clinical Pathology Section Overview

TVMDL’s clinical pathology section performs testing in the areas of clinical pathology, endocrinology, and parasitology to characterize the health status of animals. A typical day might consist of evaluating parasites and cancer cells under a microscope or diagnosing liver or thyroid diseases with blood tests. Staff in this section are trained to perform a variety of skills from manual pipetting to advanced instrumentation.

Clinical Pathology Section Highlights

  • Professional staff and technicians work hand in hand to assist animals, their owners, and veterinarians.
  • Section is managed by board-certified professionals with decades of combined experience
  • Most tests offer a same day turnaround
  • Section offers convenient telediagnostic options:
    • Digital cytology
    • Coming soon: digital parasitology

Overview of Clinical Pathology Services

  • Serum and Urine Protein Electrophoresis 
  • Cytologic Examination
    • Fine Needle Aspiration 
    • Body Fluid 
    • Digital Cytology 
  • Chemistry Profiles 
  • CBCs, Including Blood Smear Review 

Overview of Endocrinology Services

  • Thyroid Testing 
  • Reproduction Testing 
  • Adrenocortical Testing 

Overview of Parasitology Services

  • Fecal Examinations
  • Parasite Identifications

College Station Leadership

Section Head: Julie Piccione, DVM, DACVP

Primary Sidebar

TVMDL Career Center

  • Current Openings
  • Working at TVMDL
    • TVMDL Laboratory Location Information
    • Analytical Chemistry Section Overview
    • Anatomic Pathology Section Overview
    • Bacteriology Section Overview
    • Clinical Pathology Section Overview
    • Histopathology Section Overview
    • Molecular Diagnostics Section Overview
    • Serology Section Overview
    • Virology Section Overview
    • Veterinary Services Section Overview
  • TVMDL Employee Benefits

Footer

For Employees

  • Employee Email
  • TVMDL Rules & Procedures
  • TVMDL Career Center
  • Emergency Alert Systems
  • AgriLife People Directory
  • AgriLife Administrative Services
  • TAMUS Single Sign On
  • Facebook

State of Texas

  • Texas.gov Portal
  • Texas Veterans Portal
  • Statewide Search
  • Texas Homeland Security
  • Risk, Fraud, & Misconduct Hotline

Policies

  • Privacy and Security Policy
  • Accessibility Policy
  • Texas A&M AgriLife
  • Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostics Laboratory
  • Texas A&M Forest Service
  • Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
  • Texas A&M AgriLife Research

483 Agronomy Rd
College Station, TX 77843