Diseases & Diagnoses
Diseases & Diagnoses
Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Sample Pooling – What is it and what is good for?
5 minutes Posted Jul 7, 2026 at 12:30 pm.
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Sample pooling can be a cost effective way to screen a large group of animals for a disease. However, it's important pooling is only used in certain circumstances to ensure results are reliable. In this episode, Dr. Brandon Dominguez and Dr. Alexis Thompson chat with Assistant Agency Director for Microbiology Dr. Erika Schwarz to cover the pooling method and the instances where pooling is most effective.