Mandarin Equine Veterinary Solutions

01/05/2025

🐴 **Exciting News!** 🐴

We're expanding our services here at Mandarin Equine! 🎉 Our team is now offering new modalities to better care for your horses. Whether it's routine care or specialized treatment, we're here to ensure your equine companions stay healthy and happy. Book your appointment today! 🐎

11/10/2024

🐴 Exciting Event with Mandarin Equine! 🐴

Join us for a Haul-In & Customer Appreciation Day on NOVEMBER 15th! Whether you’re a new client or one of our valued regulars, this day is all about YOU and your amazing equine partners!

📅 Date: November 15th, 2024
⏰ Time: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
📍 Location: Jacksonville Equestrian Center

🎉 What to Expect:
- Exclusive Discounts on services for new and existing customers
- Free Giveaways and raffles with fantastic prizes
- Refreshments & Snacks for you and your four-legged friends
- Meet Our Vets: Get to know the team that takes care of your horses

Let’s celebrate your commitment to your horses' health together! We can't wait to see you and your equine companions there. 🐎💕

**RSVP:** Call us at (904) 292-4744 extension 3 or send us a message here!

08/23/2024

🐴 Exciting News!🐴

We're thrilled to announce that our practice is now offering **massage therapy** services, led by our certified equine massage therapist, Avery Thomas!

Whether you're a current client or a new friend, your horse can benefit from the healing and relaxation that only expert massage can provide.

Enhance your horse's performance, recovery, and overall well-being with personalized massage.

📱Call your book today! (904) 292-4744 ext 4

07/09/2024

So grateful for the wonderful farriers we have in our area 🐎

It's National Farriers Week! Let's celebrate the hard work that our farriers put in daily to partner with equine veterinarians and ensure the health and well-being of our horses. Proper hoof care is essential for a sound and happy horse, so it goes without saying that a skilled farrier is both a necessity and a tremendous asset.

Don't forget to give a shoutout to your farriers this week and show them your appreciation for their dedication to their craft!

06/16/2024

To all the horse dad’s out there…. It’s a tough life, but you always do it in style 🐴

Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing animal dads! 🐾 Today, we celebrate the fathers who nurture, protect, and love their furry, feathered, and scaly families. Your dedication and care make the world a better place for all creatures great and small. Enjoy your special day! 🦁🦆🐾

05/16/2024

If you believe that horses need grain in their diet to meet their nutritional needs, you are not alone. However, horses should get most of their nutrients from a good quality forage source such as grass, hay, hay pellets, or a complete feed.

Horses generally eat between 1.5-2% of their body weight each day, so an average size 1,000 lbs horse should eat 15- 20 lbs of hay daily. To help fill any nutrient gaps such as essential vitamins or minerals, a ration balancer may be beneficial. Depending on breed, body condition, and exercise level, concentrates may be added in to provide additional energy but are often not needed.

When deciding on what to feed your horse, it is best to invest in high quality forages as the foundation of your feeding plan. You can even have your hay tested to see exactly what nutrients it is providing. Please consult with your veterinarian or an equine nutritionist about your horse's diet before making any major changes, and remember that any changes should be made gradually over time to avoid GI upset.
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Brought to you by the AAEP Horse Owner Education Committee

04/24/2024

🐴 Save BIG on your equine friend’s meds! ☀️ Get rebates now and keep your horse healthy without breaking the bank.

03/05/2024

🐴💩March is F***l Month! F***l egg count (FEC) tests help ensure you target the right parasites at the right time without overtreating your horse to help prevent parasite resistance. Together, we can kick parasite resistance to the curb!

Schedule your FEC appointment today!

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02/08/2024

February is National Pet Dental Health Month. While horses don’t exactly qualify as pets, this is still a good opportunity to remind everyone about the importance of having a veterinarian check your horse’s teeth at least once a year.

Following is some important food for thought (pun intended) courtesy of AAEP member Dr. Christine Staten:

“Did you know that horses don’t really need their incisors to eat? Yep, even pasture. But if their incisors are a mess, it affects their ability to appropriately grind their food with their molars and pre-molars.

Dental work in horses is not just about floating teeth to get off points. It’s about balancing the mouth so that they can get the most nutrition out of their food without pain.

Shearing hay in the mouth is necessary to get the nutrition out. The guy in the picture was skinny because he could not move his jaw laterally enough to shear his food, but his health and body condition score improved significantly once the incisors were balanced.”

When was the last time you had your horse’s teeth checked?