Contact Information Carolina Equine Clinic 2243 Youngs Rd. P.O. Drawer 450 Southern Pines, NC 28388 Phone: 910.692.8680 Fax: 910.692.2707 Email: fmccashin@vbbi.us

The mission of the Carolina Equine Clinic is to provide the highest quality care for your horse by providing diagnostic services, disease prevention, treatment, surgery and consultation. Open for business in July of 1977 the clinic has provided referral services to veterinarians from NC and neighboring states. Horses from many competition disciplines have been treated as well as pets and pleasure horses.

Services/Business History

We provide preventative medicine as well as dentistry. Surgery cases range from cosmetic to major procedures under general anesthesia. Prepurchase exams provide buyers the information they need to decide whether they should purchase or not.

Services are provided either in the clinic or at the owner’s farm. Laboratory tests, ultrasound and radiographic imaging are routine procedures to provide an accurate diagnosis.

The Carolina Equine Clinic was started in July of 1977 by Dr McCashin after he had spent 6 years of doing referral surgery at The North Carolina Veterinary Research Foundation in Southern Pines. The Carolina Equine Clinic continues to accept referrals from veterinarians in NC, VA, and SC, but also conducts a general equine practice including preventative medicine and dentistry.

We advertise for externships and internships for recent graduates, and have living quarters for them here at the clinic. We have had several externs and interns over the years most of whom have chosen to stay in equine practice. Dr McCashin is an Adjunct Professor at the Veterinary School at NCSU, and helps present clinical cases to veterinary students from all classes so they can get experiences relating to equine practice.
In an effort to encourage discourse and cooperation between veterinarians, the facilities at Carolina Equine Clinic are offered to other practitioners on an as needed basis. Also Dr McCashin has assisted the Southern Pines Equine Associates as their radiation safety officer for doing bone scans and has done some surgeries at their facility. It is the express intent of the Carolina Equine Clinic to offer consultation services to owners and veterinarians alike. The majority of local cases have been to treat lameness in sport horses. Treatments can range from joint injections to acupuncture. Surgery is done both in the standing position and under general anesthesia. Procedures may include tumor removal, cryptorchid castration, ovariectomy, tie-back, arthroscopy and other orthopedic surgeries involving bone, joints, tendons, and ligaments. Colic surgeries are referred to the Veterinary School at NCSU in Raleigh.