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TAHC Office & Lab Contact Information

Central Office — Austin

Street 2105 Kramer Lane Austin, Texas 78758		Mailing P. O. Box 12966 Austin, Texas 78711-2966
Telephone Numbers		Fax Numbers
Main: Toll-free: Permits: Computer Help Desk: Premises/ Animal ID:	512-719-0700 1-800-550-8242 512-719-0777 512-719-0709 512-719-0733	Executive: Program Records: Staff Services: Financial Services:   Human Resources: Purchasing: Premises/Animal ID:	512-719-0719 512-719-0729 512-719-0782 512-719-0749 or 719-0769 512-719-0783 512-719-0707 512-719-0730

Central Office Map & Directions

Central Office Contacts

Title	Name
Executive Director	Dee Ellis, D.V.M., M.P.A.
Assistant Executive Director, Epidemiology	Andy Schwartz, D.V.M.
Assistant Executive Director, Administration	Matt Cochran, D.V.M., M.I.A.
Assistant Executive Director, Animal Health Programs	Terry Hensley, D.V.M.
Director of Laboratories	Holly Poremski, D.V.M.
General Counsel	Gene Snelson
Executive Assistant	Carol Pivonka
National Animal Identification System Program Coordinator	Kenny Edgar
Director, Communications & Public Relations	Yvonne "Bonnie" Ramirez
Emergency Management Coordinator	Amanda Bernhard
Director, Financial Services	Debbie Metzler
Director, Human Resources	Larissa Schmidt
Director, Information Technology	Carol Gibbons
Director, Staff Services	Cathy Griffith

Direct general inquiries to comments@tahc.state.tx.us.

Direct technical issues to web-tahc@tahc.state.tx.us.

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TAHC Region Offices

To speak with someone in your local regional TAHC office, please choose your county from the following list.

--- Anderson --- Region 4 Andrews --- Region 6 Angelina --- Region 4 Aransas --- Region 5 Archer --- Region 3 Armstrong --- Region 1 Atascosa --- Region 5 Austin --- Region 2 Bailey --- Region 1 Bandera --- Region 5 Bastrop --- Region 7 Baylor --- Region 3 Bee --- Region 5 Bell --- Region 7 Bexar --- Region 5 Blanco --- Region 6 Borden --- Region 1 Bosque --- Region 6 Bowie --- Region 4 Brazoria --- Region 2 Brazos --- Region 7 Brewster --- Region 6 Briscoe --- Region 1 Brooks --- Region 5 Brown --- Region 6 Burleson --- Region 7 Burnet --- Region 6 Caldwell --- Region 7 Calhoun --- Region 2 Callahan --- Region 6 Cameron --- Region 5 Camp --- Region 4 Carson --- Region 1 Cass --- Region 4 Castro --- Region 1 Chambers --- Region 2 Cherokee --- Region 4 Childress --- Region 1 Clay --- Region 3 Cochran --- Region 1 Coke --- Region 6 Coleman --- Region 6 Collin --- Region 4 Collingsworth --- Region 1 Colorado --- Region 2 Comal --- Region 7 Comanche --- Region 6 Concho --- Region 6 Cooke --- Region 3 Coryell --- Region 6 Cottle --- Region 1 Crane --- Region 6 Crockett --- Region 6 Crosby --- Region 1 Culberson --- Region 6 Dallam --- Region 1 Dallas --- Region 3 Dawson --- Region 1 Deaf Smith --- Region 1 Delta --- Region 4 Denton --- Region 3 DeWitt --- Region 7 Dickens --- Region 1 Dimmit --- Region 5 Donley --- Region 1 Duval --- Region 5 Eastland --- Region 6 Ector --- Region 6 Edwards --- Region 5 Ellis --- Region 3 El Paso --- Region 6 Erath --- Region 6 Falls --- Region 7 Fannin --- Region 4 Fayette --- Region 7 Fisher --- Region 1 Floyd --- Region 1 Foard --- Region 3 Fort Bend --- Region 2 Franklin --- Region 4 Freestone --- Region 7 Frio --- Region 5 Gaines --- Region 1 Galveston --- Region 2 Garza --- Region 1 Gillespie --- Region 6 Glasscock --- Region 6 Goliad --- Region 5 Gonzales --- Region 7 Gray --- Region 1 Grayson --- Region 4 Gregg --- Region 4 Grimes --- Region 7 Guadalupe --- Region 7 Hale --- Region 1 Hall --- Region 1 Hamilton --- Region 6 Hansford --- Region 1 Hardeman --- Region 3 Hardin --- Region 2 Harris --- Region 2 Harrison --- Region 4 Hartley --- Region 1 Haskell --- Region 3 Hays --- Region 7 Hemphill --- Region 1 Henderson --- Region 4 Hidalgo --- Region 5 Hill --- Region 3 Hockley --- Region 1 Hood --- Region 3 Hopkins --- Region 4 Houston --- Region 4 Howard --- Region 6 Hudspeth --- Region 6 Hunt --- Region 4 Hutchinson --- Region 1 Irion --- Region 6 Jack --- Region 3 Jackson --- Region 2 Jasper --- Region 2 Jeff Davis --- Region 6 Jefferson --- Region 2 Jim Hogg --- Region 5 Jim Wells --- Region 5 Johnson --- Region 3 Jones --- Region 3 Karnes --- Region 5 Kaufman --- Region 4 Kendall --- Region 5 Kenedy --- Region 5 Kent --- Region 1 Kerr --- Region 5 Kimble --- Region 6 King --- Region 1 Kinney --- Region 5 Kleberg --- Region 5 Knox --- Region 3 Lamar --- Region 4 Lamb --- Region 1 Lampasas --- Region 6 La Salle --- Region 5 Lavaca --- Region 7 Lee --- Region 7 Leon --- Region 7 Liberty --- Region 2 Limestone --- Region 7 Lipscomb --- Region 1 Live Oak --- Region 5 Llano --- Region 6 Loving --- Region 6 Lubbock --- Region 1 Lynn --- Region 1 McCulloch --- Region 6 McLennan --- Region 7 McMullen --- Region 5 Madison --- Region 7 Marion --- Region 4 Martin --- Region 6 Mason --- Region 6 Matagorda --- Region 2 Maverick --- Region 5 Medina --- Region 5 Menard --- Region 6 Midland --- Region 6 Milam --- Region 7 Mills --- Region 6 Mitchell --- Region 6 Montague --- Region 3 Montgomery --- Region 2 Moore --- Region 1 Morris --- Region 4 Motley --- Region 1 Nacogdoches --- Region 4 Navarro --- Region 3 Newton --- Region 2 Nolan --- Region 6 Nueces --- Region 5 Ochiltree --- Region 1 Oldham --- Region 1 Orange --- Region 2 Palo Pinto --- Region 3 Panola --- Region 4 Parker --- Region 3 Parmer --- Region 1 Pecos --- Region 6 Polk --- Region 2 Potter --- Region 1 Presidio --- Region 6 Rains --- Region 4 Randall --- Region 1 Reagan --- Region 6 Real --- Region 5 Red River --- Region 4 Reeves --- Region 6 Refugio --- Region 5 Roberts --- Region 1 Robertson --- Region 7 Rockwall --- Region 4 Runnels --- Region 6 Rusk --- Region 4 Sabine --- Region 4 San Augustine --- Region 4 San Jacinto --- Region 2 San Patricio --- Region 5 San Saba --- Region 6 Schleicher --- Region 6 Scurry --- Region 1 Shackelford --- Region 3 Shelby --- Region 4 Sherman --- Region 1 Smith --- Region 4 Somervell --- Region 3 Starr --- Region 5 Stephens --- Region 3 Sterling --- Region 6 Stonewall --- Region 1 Sutton --- Region 6 Swisher --- Region 1 Tarrant --- Region 3 Taylor --- Region 6 Terrell --- Region 6 Terry --- Region 1 Throckmorton --- Region 3 Titus --- Region 4 Tom Green --- Region 6 Travis --- Region 7 Trinity --- Region 4 Tyler --- Region 2 Upshur --- Region 4 Upton --- Region 6 Uvalde --- Region 5 Val Verde --- Region 5 Van Zandt --- Region 4 Victoria --- Region 2 Walker --- Region 2 Waller --- Region 2 Ward --- Region 6 Washington --- Region 7 Webb --- Region 5 Wharton --- Region 2 Wheeler --- Region 1 Wichita --- Region 3 Wilbarger --- Region 3 Willacy --- Region 5 Williamson --- Region 7 Wilson --- Region 5 Winkler --- Region 6 Wise --- Region 3 Wood --- Region 4 Yoakum --- Region 1 Young --- Region 3 Zapata --- Region 5 Zavala --- Region 5

View a map showing TAHC regions and regional office contact information.

Region 1 Office — Amarillo

6317 South Western Street
Amarillo, Texas 79110-3617

Phone: 806-354-9335
Fax: 806-354-2809

Region 1 Office Map & Directions

Region 1 Office Contacts

Region Director, Brad Williams, D.V.M.
Supervising Inspector, Bob Young

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Region 2 Office — Hempstead

1739 13th Street
Suite 28
Hempstead, TX 77445

Phone: 979-921-9481
Fax: 979-921-9992

Region 2 Office Map & Directions

Region 2 Office Contacts

Region Director, Mark Michalke, D.V.M.
Supervising Inspector, Dwayne Easley

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Region 3 Office — Fort Worth

8751 Camp Bowie West Suite 104
Fort Worth, Texas 76116

Phone: 817-244-2597
Fax: 817-560-1721

Region 3 Office Map & Directions

Region 3 Office Contacts

Region Director, Max Dow, D.V.M.
Supervising Inspector, Bobby Crozier

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Region 4 Office — Mount Pleasant

313 W. Alabama Street, Suite 1
Mount Pleasant, Texas 75455

Phone: 903-572-1966
Fax: 903-572-1114

Region 4 Office Map & Directions

Region 4 Office Contacts

Region Director, Gregory N. Hawkins, D.V.M.
Supervising Inspector, Chip Nicholson

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Region 5 Office — Beeville

3811 North Saint Mary's Street
Beeville, Texas 78102

Phone: 361-358-3234
Fax: 361-358-0101

Region 5 Office Map & Directions

Region 5 Office Contacts

Region Director, David Finch, D.V.M.
Supervising Inspector, Howard Helmers

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Region 6 Office — Lampasas

1305 S. Key Ave, Suite 207
Lampasas, Texas 76550

Phone: 512-556-6277
Fax: 512-556-6415

Region 6 Office Map & Directions

Region 6 Office Contacts

Region Director, Pete Fincher, D.V.M.
Supervising Inspector, David Martin

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Region 7 Office — Rockdale

130 East Bell Street
Rockdale, Texas 76567

Phone: 512-446-2507
Fax: 512-446-5373

Region 7 Office Map & Directions

Region 7 Office Contacts

Region Director, Tommy Barton, D.V.M.
Supervising Inspector, Russell Iselt

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State/Federal Laboratory Division — Austin

4501 Springdale Road, Suite B
Austin, Texas 78723

Phone: 512-933-0441
Fax: 512-927-2318

Austin Lab Map & Directions

Austin Laboratory Contacts

Laboratory Supervisor, Rey Molina

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State/Federal Laboratory Division — Fort Worth

8751 Camp Bowie West
Suite 103
Fort Worth, Texas 76116

Phone: 817-244-6385
Fax: 817-560-1721

Fort Worth Lab Map & Directions

Fort Worth Laboratory Contacts

Interim Director of Laboratories & Ft Worth Laboratory Supervisor, Amy B. Ramage

***Note*** The State-Federal Labs in Palestine and Lubbock were closed September 1, 2011. Contact either the State-Federal lab in Austin at 512-933-0441 or the State-Federal Lab in Fort Worth at 817-244-6492 for new shipping information. Veterinarians submitting blood should be sure to check the business reply mailing label on the outer container to make sure it's addressed to Austin or Fort Worth.

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