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The GI Lab provides specialized testing services to help veterinarians diagnose and treat gastrointestinal diseases in dogs and cats. Our testing services may help in the management of pets with vomiting, weight loss, diarrhea, loss of appetite, or poor body condition.
Sample recommendations for biopsy samples are available here. For our tests, we recommend an 8-12 hour fasted serum sample. For patients that cannot.
The GI lab at Texas A&M offers a histopathology service for gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreas biopsies from dogs and cats.
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Plasma Assays. Please note, beginning January 1, 2024, the NuQ Vet Cancer Test will no longer be performed at the Gastrointestinal Lab. After the new year, IDEXX Laboratories will begin offering the NuQ Vet Cancer Test.
Gastrointestinal Laboratory Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 4474 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-4474. Tel: 979.862.2861 | Fax: 979.862.2864 Email: gilab@cvm.tamu.edu | Web: vetmed.tamu.edu/gilab. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CT)
Introduction. Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) is a water-soluble, cobalt-containing vitamin that plays an important role in biochemical processes referred to as single carbon transfers. During these reactions, functional units such as methyl groups (-CH3) are transferred onto or between biologically important compounds.
We recommend a dose of 200 mcg for cats and smaller dogs (<20 kg BW) and 400 mcg for larger dogs (20 kg BW) PO once daily for 4 weeks. It is very important to also address the proximal small intestinal disease that is suspected as the underlying cause of the decreased serum folate concentration.
Dr. Jonathan Lidbury – Associate Professor, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Associate Director for Clinical Services, Assistant Department Head for Research & Graduate Studies, Rob and Roxann Bilger Chair in Feline Hepatology. – Email.
If your practice does not have an email address registered with the GI Lab, please consider doing so. Our database system allows you to access results over the internet as soon as the assays are completed. Results are available via our lab webpage immediately, and a full report is emailed each day.