Kind, Mays Promoted in TVMDL Drug Testing Laboratory

The TVMDL is responsible for providing drug-testing services to the pari-mutuel horse and greyhound racing industries.
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The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) has elevated Al Kind and Travis Mays, MS, in the College Station drug testing laboratory. Kind will now serve as lead racing chemist. With TVMDL since 2005, Mays now serves as the assistant section head for the drug testing laboratory.

In 1989, the Texas Racing Act gave TVMDL primary responsibility for providing drug-testing services to the pari-mutuel horse and greyhound racing industries. The racing industries and the livestock show industry rely on TVMDL to screen for illegal and regulated therapeutic drugs in performance animals. Additionally, the drug testing laboratory works with veterinarians by offering diagnostics testing for companion animals and livestock to ensure animal and public health.

Mays began working with TVMDL as a student worker in 2001. He holds a bachelor of science in animal science and a master of science in toxicology, both from Texas A&M University in College Station. Prior to working in the drug laboratory, Mays held positions in the toxicology section from 2005 until 2014. Before that, he was the breeding assistant at Carol Rose Quarter Horses in Gainesville, Texas.

"I spent several years working in the Quarter Horse breeding industry and became aware of the questionable practices some people try to use to get ahead in the equine industry," Mays said. "It is rewarding to be able to work within the TVMDL drug testing laboratory and work to ensure an equitable playing field. In addition, I'm interested in pharmacology and learning more about drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, and this is where I can gather that information

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