Jac’s Animal Facts

06/13/2025

When’s the last time you used a scale to measure your feed?

Tip
Know the amount you feed your horse by the pound. Weigh your feed and hay out. 5 pounds will always be 5 pounds but scoops and flakes can vary in weight amounts. This information will help Dr Thames in assessing the nutritional needs of your horses.

05/22/2025

It's Eggcellent to hear that there is now a chicken dewormer available for our backyard chicken. Why risk it with the price of eggs so high. Check out www.dewormmychickens.com for more information!

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03/14/2025

To say we had fun today might be an udder-statement!

Go see Purina Livestock Production Specialist Hailey Prater & Jaclyn with Animal Health International at the Georgia Cattlemen Convention 🐮🤠

02/26/2025

It’s indescribable watching wildlife right outside your window.

Now’s the time to be thinking about getting nutrients into your fall beasts…even if it is only for the backyard. That’s why we have the backyard feeder. There’s nothing better than watching deer outside your window.

02/26/2025

Let me know if you’ve tried this and what you think about it!

Keep stress out of your horse’s gut with Farnam Probiotic Paste!💪​
From trailering to competition or just life’s daily stresses, digestive health can take a hit. Farnam Probiotic Paste delivers a powerful combination of probiotics, prebiotics, digestive enzymes, and L-glutamine to keep your horse’s gut happy and healthy.​

​✅ Supports a healthy gut microflora and gastrointestinal lining​
✅ Provides 45 million CFU of beneficial bacteria per serving​
✅ Ideal for horses under stress from travel, dietary changes, or performance demands​

​Convenient, easy-to-feed, and show-safe—it’s your go-to for digestive and immune support when your horse needs it most. ​

​Thanks Morgan D. for sharing this photo with us!​

02/26/2025

Come join us March 5th at Cherokee Feed & Seed’s Ball Ground location. We will have reps from Merck Animal Health and Purina Animal Nutrition there to team up with you against flies this season.

RSVP here to save your spot: https://www.cherokeefeedandseed.com/events/cattle-mineral-meeting/?fbclid=IwAR1Bh_O3GjP6Gxqz9Syq9j0BWxW5-XVSwAxx_Qw18527xxSHP5f92umAXdo_aem_Ad8rNtWF0GWFFlErWMEx_JCpdE3Ex0afCbVorguv643Rj1_dmBCXR3LdJKdb4soErzQ

02/26/2025

02/26/2025

02/26/2025

💉 Let’s talk about the elephant in the vet clinic. Many of us veterinary medicine professionals were watching the recent Yellowstone
episode that made us cringe because a horse was administered Banamine (Flunixin Meglumine) intramuscularly. This isn’t Hollywood. And real complications are a risk.

💊 Banamine is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory. It is available in oral and injectable forms. We would never recommend administering Banamine IM to horses.

🧫 Why don’t we inject Banamine IM?

Banamine causes muscle damage when injected intramuscularly. There are spores of bacteria known as clostridium that can rest in healthy muscle; however, the bacteria may awaken if the muscle becomes damaged from an IM injection particularly when Banamine is administered this way. This may cause Clostridial myositis. This is a serious and sometimes fatal infection.

🐴 What are the signs of a problem?
-Swollen and painful injection site with gas underneath the skin.
-The bacterial toxins may migrate into the bloodstream causing depression, colic, inappetance and fever to name a few.

🩺 What is the treatment?
Aggressive supportive care, antibiotics, and surgical excision/debridement of the infected injected site.

📺 Remember, do NOT believe everything you see on TV. And always consult with your veterinarian prior to administering medications.

And Hollywood if you need to consult on any veterinary medicine related scenes, we are available as long as we get to meet Rip. Yellowstone