The Charles and Julie Wharton Large Animal Hospital at UT

03/27/2026

03/26/2026

Welcome to the family!

03/21/2026

UTCVM faculty and students worked the Giddy Up and Run equine event and Pack B***o Race this weekend and had a super time! What a great group of competitors!
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03/20/2026

IT's back! After a six-year hiatus, we are bringing back our wildly popular family fun event, OPEN HOUSE!

Public invited to see behind the scenes of veterinary medicine

03/17/2026

At the University of Tennessee, we’re proud to stand alongside those shaping the future of agriculture.

03/12/2026

Tennessee Department of Agriculture invites farmers to help guide future of cost-share program.

03/06/2026

One of our very own is stepping up to do her part to help the horses! 🐴 Please show your support for Dr. Sarah Templeton! 💃
https://horsehaventn.org/news-events/event-calendar.html/event-form/registration-form/111142/tickets

02/26/2026

Spring only a few weeks away! 🙌 It’s not too early to start thinking about a deworming plan for your horses.

If deworming is something you’ve been doing the same way for as long as you can remember, this year we encourage you to break tradition and work with your veterinarian instead. Thanks to tools like the f***l egg count, your horse doctor can help you devise a treatment tailored to the needs of your equine friend plus monitor the efficacy of the dewormer used last.

Before you dismiss this notion because you’ve been “doing it for years,” you should know that the old-school approach to deworming is quickly becoming outdated. Not only is it a waste of money, but it also builds drug resistance in the parasitic fauna of equines, which means we are running out of drugs that can effectively help us control parasite infections.

For more information, the AAEP Parasite Control Guidelines can be found on our website: https://aaep.org/resource/internal-parasite-control-guidelines/

Key take-home messages from these Internal Parasite Disease Control Guidelines include:

• Perform f***l egg count reduction tests (FECRT) annually to ensure that you are using effective dewormers in every herd or barn.

• Recognize that no anthelmintic will eliminate all parasitic stages from a horse.

• Continue using f***l egg counts (FEC) once or twice a year to stratify horses into low, medium, and high shedders to reduce pasture contamination.

• Deworm all horses at a baseline rate (once or twice a year) and target selected horses more often based on FEC (strongyle high shedders).

• Do not use FEC to diagnose disease in horses; there is no correlation between FEC and disease-causing parasite life stages.

• Discontinue deworming all horses with fixed intervals year-round (e.g., every 2 months), and stop blindly rotating anthelmintic classes.

As always, consult your equine veterinarian to learn more and for questions specific to your horses!

02/09/2026

Know before you show. Tips from our state veterinarian.

Tennessee State Veterinarian Dr. Samantha Batey joined us with the latest on biosecurity efforts and the state’s new “Know Before You Show” initiative.

02/07/2026

Dr. Colla presenting today at the 2026 Horse Owner Conference 🐎