{"id":1319,"date":"2025-10-02T18:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/?page_id=1319"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:14:03","slug":"trinette-jones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/trinette-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinette Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/EquineFaculty_2025_Jones_-9544-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a black polo smiles in a field.\" class=\"wp-image-1320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/EquineFaculty_2025_Jones_-9544-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/EquineFaculty_2025_Jones_-9544-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/EquineFaculty_2025_Jones_-9544-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/EquineFaculty_2025_Jones_-9544-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/EquineFaculty_2025_Jones_-9544-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/EquineFaculty_2025_Jones_-9544-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/EquineFaculty_2025_Jones_-9544-1568x2352.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/198\/2025\/09\/EquineFaculty_2025_Jones_-9544-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trinette Jones, Ph.D.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Interim Department Head &amp; Associate Professor<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:tnjones@tarleton.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:tnjones@tarleton.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tnjones@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone:<a href=\"tel:+12549689636\" data-type=\"tel\" data-id=\"tel:+12549689636\"> (254)-968-9636<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: Autry 116<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Equine Nutrition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feed Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S. in Animal Science (Livestock Production Concentration), Montana State University, 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graduate Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.S. in Animal Science (Equine Nutrition), Texas A&amp;M University, 2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D. in Animal Science (Equine Nutrition), Colorado State University, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Trinette Jones specializes in equine nutrition and management, with a focus on optimizing feed strategies for horses to enhance health and performance. Her research primarily explores the use of slow feeder hay nets as a tool to improve feeding behavior and reduce waste. Additionally, her work addresses the nutrient requirements of non-performance horses, aiming to develop practical feeding protocols that support the health and well-being of recreational horses. Through a combination of applied research and field studies, Dr. Jones contributes valuable insights to sustainable and efficient equine feed management practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scholarly Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignnone\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-cf307622-c63c-41a7-89ba-1c8c79d2faa2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Trinette-Ross-Jones\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><strong>Research Gate<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">.advgbbtn-cf307622-c63c-41a7-89ba-1c8c79d2faa2{font-size:18px;color:#4f2d7f !important;background-color:#ffffff !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:4px !important;border-color:#4f2d7f !important;border-style:solid !important;border-radius:25px !important;}.advgbbtn-cf307622-c63c-41a7-89ba-1c8c79d2faa2:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-cf307622-c63c-41a7-89ba-1c8c79d2faa2 > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trinette Jones, Ph.D. Interim Department Head &amp; Associate Professor Email: tnjones@tarleton.edu Phone: (254)-968-9636 Office: Autry 116 Research Interests Education Undergraduate Education B.S. in Animal Science (Livestock Production Concentration), Montana State &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":845,"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1319","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/author\/swdmcelyea\/","display_name":"swdmcelyea"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 months ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 2, 2025","modified":"Updated on October 2, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 2, 2025 6:14 pm","modified":"Updated on October 2, 2025 6:14 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/845"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1357,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1319\/revisions\/1357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/animal-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}