Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) is an integral part of the Texas A&M University System. It consists of four lab locations spread across Texas; two full-service laboratories located in Amarillo and College Station and two poultry laboratories in Center and Gonzales.[1]

Established in 1916 and formally created by the Sixtieth Texas Legislature in 1967, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory contains some of the busiest full-service veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the world.[1] [2] TVMDL receives more than 160,000 cases in need of diagnostic assistance each year.[3]

TVMDL has a major branch located in College Station, Texas on the Texas A&M University campus. It is not associated with the GI Lab|Texas A&M Gastrointestinal Lab, also located on the same campus. Both labs conduct veterinary diagnostic tests.

In 1981, Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory discovered a new strain of anthrax dubbed the Ames strain, which isolated from a diseased 14-month-old Beefmaster heifer that died in Sarita, Texas.[4] This particular strain was later used in the 2001 anthrax attacks in which seven letters mailed to media outlets and US Senators on September 18, 2001 and October 9, 2001.

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  1. "Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory". Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. "Legislative Reference Library of Texas" (PDF). Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. "House Research Organization" (PDF). Texas House of Representatives, House Research Organization. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. Rasko DA, Worsham PL, Abshire TG, Stanley ST, Bannan JD, Wilson MR, Langham RJ, Decker RS, Jiang L (March 2011). "Bacillus anthracis comparative genome analysis in support of the Amerithrax investigation". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108 (12): 5027–32. Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.5027R. doi:10.1073/pnas.1016657108. PMC 3064363. PMID 21383169.


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