Service Labs
The College of Veterinary Medicine has a variety of service
laboratories that provide unique and quality services to the
college and university as well as the local, national, and
international community. These services are geared toward the
assessment of animal health and diagnosis of animal diseases. In
addition, some of the laboratories offer novel strategies for
genetic analysis and reproduction techniques.
These service laboratories can be divided into two major
categories. The first category includes those labs that serve
primarily patients of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital,
although these labs also provide research support to investigators
within the college and university. These labs include the Clinical
Pathology Laboratory, Microbiology Laboratory, and VTPB Histology
Laboratory. The other category includes laboratories that are
primarily known nationally and internationally for their research
and the services they provide, although they can be utilized by
clinicians and patients of the Teaching Hospital. These include the
Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Animal Genetics Laboratory, Trace
Element Research Laboratory, Molecular Cytogenetics and Genomics
Laboratory, Cardiovascular Pathology, Equine Embryo Laboratory, and
the Texas Veterinary Renal Pathology Service.
Some of the specific services offered by these laboratories
include DNA genotyping for determination of specific gene mutations
in animals; cytogenetic, molecular, and DNA-based testing; cloning;
pathologic assessment of cardiovascular devices; hematologic,
cytologic, histologic, biochemical, and microbiological assessment
of clinical patients; and high quality/low detection limit trace
element data for environmental samples. To learn more about each of
these laboratories, please click on the links below.