TDA Labs - About Us
TDA Laboratory was created in November of 2003 by Dr. Goodell. It began as a milk laboratory lab however within a years time evolved into a lab that specialized in veterinarian bacteriology culturing everything from milk and water to tissue and fecal samples. Today TDA Labs offers a full ine of bacterological assays.
Since 2004 the lab has grown to suit the needs of veterinarians, livestock producers and small animal clients alike offering diagnostics for several small and large animal diseases.
TDA Labs runs most types of diagnostics including PCR and ELISA tests.
Dr. Greg Goodell
Dr. Goodell completed hisundergraduate work at the University of Northern Colorado from 1987 to 1990 pursuing a biochemistry major with a minor in microbiology. He graduated from Colorado State University with his DVM in 1994. After graduation he specialized in mastitis and mastitis research placing emphasis on epidemiology and microbiology of mastitis pathogens.
Currently the TDA Labs has 7 Employees...
Tessa Kelly
Tessa has a B.S. in animal science from Colorado State University and has been with TDA Labs since it's inception in 2003. She also is trained as a veterinary technician and her background in animal science allows her to utilize those skills assisting in research projects and verterinary services in addition to her duties in the microbiology lab. Tessa is also certified in ELISA and PCR assays.
Christine Goodell
Christine has B.A. in Economics and Finance from the University of Northern Colorado. She began her career working with Banner Health in Greeley. Christine changed her career in 2006. She has completed training in microbiology and has also become certified with ELISA assays.
Pat Altenburg
Pat wears several hats for TDA Labs. Her main responsibilities are marketing and resorce management. She oversees transport and management of samples into the TDA laboratory. She has also been trained as a veterinary technician and spends time performing artificial insemination, collecting blood samples and other veterinary related tasks.
Candice McKinney
Candice joined the TDA Labs team in January of 2008. Candice holds a B.S. in animal science from Colorado State University and is also a veterinary technician. She splits time between the lab and field work on research projects.
Dave Hicks
Dave has a B.S. in Microbiology from Colorado State University. Dave spends most of his time in the bacteria lab but also has certification in ELISA assays. Dave is also helping to develop some of the newer PCR assays we'll be running.
Samantha Wiess
Sam joined the TDA Labs team in October of 2010. She graduated from Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology in September 2010 beginning her career as a veterinary technician with The Dairy Authority, LLC. Sam splits her time between research projects and the bacteria lab.
Evan Sherman
Evan began working with TDA Labs in November of 2010. He obtained his B.S. in Microbiology from Colorado State University in the Spring of 2010. Evan spends the majority of his time working in the bacteria lab and running milk components on the Fossomatic machine.
For any questions please feel free to contact us at 970.351.8102 or email us at TDA Labs.
Questions may also be submitted through our online contact form.