Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine & Surgery
in Tioga, Texas
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine & Surgery
in Tioga, Texas
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine & Surgery provides equine sports medicine, lameness evaluation, and equine surgery for performance horses across North Texas and DFW. We are the only clinic within two hours of Tioga offering standing MRI, traditional MRI, and equine bone scan. Our services include diagnostic imaging, orthopedic and arthroscopic surgery with a board-certified surgeon, regenerative therapy, rehabilitation, gastroscopy, in-house laboratory, pre-purchase exams, and reproduction.
Performance Horse Show Veterinarian | On-Site Care | Mid-South Equine
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine & Surgery in Tioga, Texas
Performance Horse Veterinarian
Mid-South Equine is a referral-level equine sports medicine and surgery practice in Tioga, Texas, serving performance horse owners, trainers, and breeders throughout the DFW metroplex and North Texas. We diagnose and treat the lameness and soft tissue injuries that keep good horses out of the ring — and we're the only clinic within two hours of Tioga offering both standing MRI and nuclear scintigraphy under one roof. From a subtle performance change your trainer can't quite name, to fracture repair and arthroscopic surgery, to a veterinarian standing at the in-gate with you at the AQHA World Show — we handle the full arc of care for competitive horses.
Taking care of your equine partner
Attention To
Detail
Performance Horse Focus
Western pleasure, reining, trail, cutting, hunter under saddle, barrel racing, ranch riding. We understand what each discipline asks of a horse's body — and where it tends to break down. Your equine partner's comfort and longevity drive every decision we make.
Standing MRI & Bone Scan On-Site
We are the only clinic within two hours of Tioga offering standing MRI, traditional MRI, and nuclear scintigraphy under one roof. Standing MRI requires no general anesthesia — your horse stays sedated but upright, and most go home the same day.
Specialist
Veterinarians
Diagnosis and Surgery Under One Roof
The veterinarian who finds the lesion is the one who addresses it. No shipping your horse across the state between the workup and the procedure, and no information lost in the handoff between practices.
. We diagnose and treat the lameness and soft tissue injuries that keep good horses out of the ring.
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine & Surgery is a veterinarian-owned equine practice in Tioga, Texas, serving performance horse owners, trainers, and breeders throughout North Texas and the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Once the region is localized, we image it. Mid-South Equine is the only facility within two hours of Tioga offering standing MRI, traditional MRI, and nuclear scintigraphy. Standing MRI requires no general anesthesia — your horse stays sedated and weight-bearing, and most go home the same day. It shows the deep digital flexor tendon, collateral ligaments, and navicular bursa that radiographs cannot see. An equine bone scan surveys the entire skeleton at once, finding pelvic, sacroiliac, and upper limb problems that distal limb blocking will never reveal. Our equine diagnostic imaging also includes digital radiography and diagnostic ultrasound, with an in-house laboratory returning same-day bloodwork.
We perform orthopedic and arthroscopic procedures, fracture repair, soft tissue surgery, hernia repair, and angular limb deformity correction in foals, with full inhalant anesthesia and continuous monitoring. Because diagnosis and surgery happen in the same building, the veterinarian who identifies the lesion is the one who addresses it.
Treatment continues with equine regenerative therapy including PRP, IRAP, stem cell, bone marrow concentrate, A2M, and Renovo, alongside equine shockwave therapy, cold saltwater spa, MagnaWave PEMF, laser, and trigger point work. Rehabilitation programs are built on serial ultrasound rather than a calendar.
Our equine surgery program is led by a board-certified equine surgeon, a credential few practices in this region can offer.
We also provide horse pre-purchase exams with gait, health, and conformation evaluation plus imaging to whatever scope the purchase warrants; equine gastroscopy for ulcers; upper airway endoscopy and dynamic exercising scope; vaccinations and deworming; and equine reproduction and embryo transfer services.
As a horse show veterinarian, our team travels to major shows nationwide, providing on-site care from the moment the trailers unload until the last class is called.
Meet the Team
Our Veterinary Team
Mid-South Equine
Tony Rocconi
DVM, MS Owner/Veterinarian
Dr. Anthony Rocconi is a veterinarian at Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine & Surgery in Tioga, Texas, where he focuses on lameness diagnostics, advanced imaging, and orthopedic surgery for performance horses.
Dalton Pate
DVM Associate Veterinarian
DVM Dalton Pate joined Mid-South Equine in 2018 and now focuses primarily on equine sports medicine. A native of West Point, Mississippi, he earned his DVM from Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine and completed an internship at Outlaw Equine in Texas.
Alli Salinger, DVM, MS, Diplomate American College of Veterinary Surgeons Equine Surgeon
Dr. Alli Salinger, DVM, MS, DACVS-LA is a board-certified equine surgeon at Mid-South Equine. She earned her DVM from Western University, completed an internship at Pioneer Equine Hospital in California, and finished a three-year large animal surgical residency and Master of Science at Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2024 and has published on carpal fracture fixation, foal distal limb development, and equine muscle disease. Her focus is orthopedic and soft tissue surgery, sports medicine, and neonatal care.
Matt Winter
DVM
Associate Veterinarian
MID-SOUTH EQUINE Sports Medicine & Surgery · Tioga, Texas
SPORTS MEDICINE & LAMENESS Lameness evaluation Diagnostic nerve & joint blocks Lameness Locator gait analysis Standing MRI & bone scan Digital radiography & ultrasound Pre-purchase examinations
SURGERY Board-certified surgeon on staff Orthopedic & arthroscopic Fracture repair Soft tissue & hernia repair Angular limb deformity Full anesthesia & monitoring
THERAPIES & REHABILITATION PRP & IRAP Stem cell & bone marrow concentrate A2M & Renovo Shockwave therapy Cold saltwater spa MagnaWave PEMF, laser & trigger point
GENERAL & PREVENTIVE CARE Gastroscopy for ulcers Upper airway endoscopy Dynamic exercising scope Vaccinations & deworming In-house laboratory Reproduction & breeding
ON-SITE HORSE SHOW SUPPORT AQHA World · Congress · NSBA World · World Equestrian Center
940-230-6611 · midsouthequine.com 35 McDaniel Road, Tioga, TX 76271
Contact Us
Work Hours
Monday 8:00-5:00 cst
Tuesday 8:00-5:00 cst
Wednesday 8:00-5:00 cst
Thursday 8:00-5:00 cst
Friday 8:00-5:00 cst
Address
35 McDaniel Road
Tioga, TX 76271
Office: 940-230-6611
Fax: 940-222-2760
Email: info@midsouthequine.com
