Ask The Expert: Equine Health, Care and Management

Dr. Carey Williams, Extension Specialist in Equine Management at Cook College, and the faculty and staff of the Equine Science Center are available to answer your questions on equine care and horse management. Send your questions to cwilliams@aesop.rutgers.edu. Please include your name, city, and state of residence, as well as a telephone number where you can be reached in case further details are required. Your response will be emailed back to you, and may be posted here for reference. Dr. Williams serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences; her research focus is in equine nutrition and exercise physiology.

Some of the other specialty areas of our faculty and staff are pasture management, environmental concerns, hay and forage quality, weeds and toxic plants, West Nile virus, reproduction, nutrition-related diseases and concerns, parasites, horse industry issues, exercise physiology, horse management, equine agricultural practices and horse industry policies.

Carey A. Williams, Ph.D. joined the Rutgers Equine Science Center in July 2003 as its new Equine Extension Specialist, taking an active role in teaching, conducting research and working with the equine and academic communities to ensure the viability of the horse industry in New Jersey.

A Wisconsin native, Dr. Williams earned her doctorate degree in animal and poultry sciences (with an emphasis on equine nutrition) in June 2003 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a master’s degree in equine nutrition, also from Virginia Tech, and a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University.

She has worked extensively at Virginia Tech as a Pratt Fellow in Equine Nutrition, has designed and conducted various research projects dealing with equine nutrition and exercise physiology and assisted in the breeding, care and feeding of approximately 80 horses. Ms. Williams was a teaching assistant at both Colorado State and Virginia Tech, teaching courses ranging from equine behavior and training to animal anatomy.

A member of many associations, including the American Association of Veterinary Nutritionists, she is the recipient of Virginia Tech’s John Lee Pratt Fellowship in Animal Nutrition; Waltham Fellowship, and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Graduate Student (2002). As a hobby she trains and competes with her young thoroughbred mare at various New Jersey dressage shows and horse trials

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