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Donald L. Thompson is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a particular focus on Animal Science and Zoology, Equine studies, Agronomy and Crop Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Parasitology.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics, including:

  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology

Donald L. Thompson has published research in venues such as:

  • Domestic Animal Endocrinology
  • Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
  • International Journal on Homelessness
  • Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)
  • Theriogenology

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Thompson include:

  • "Plasma prolactin, thyroid-stimulating hormone, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, and adrenocorticotropin responses to thyrotropin-releasing hormone in mares treated with detomidine and butorphanol" (2020, Domestic Animal Endocrinology)
  • "Effect of the Prolactin Inhibitor Cabergoline and the Gonadotropin Releasing-Hormone Agonist Deslorelin in the Suppression of Plasma Prolactin Concentrations and Egg Laying in Quail (Coturnix japonica)" (2022, Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery)
  • "Fostering Community Resilience and Social Inclusion in the Face of Anti-Homeless NIMBYism" (2025, International Journal on Homelessness)
  • "Public attitudes and fear of crime victimization: assessing the role of attitude formation theory" (2024, Swinburne Research Bank [Swinburne University of Technology])
  • "Direct contact may affect the efficacy of stallion exposure in hastening the onset of cyclicity in anestrous mares" (2020, Theriogenology)

Frequent collaborators in Thompson's work include:

  • E.L. Oberhaus
  • Lauren Kerrigan
  • A.M. Chapman
  • Anna Rückl
  • Jean-Michel Hatt

The scientist's interdisciplinary approach is reflected in publications that merge veterinary medicine, animal physiology, and behavioral studies, as well as social psychology elements. This combination informs both clinical aspects of animal research and broader social issues relating to inclusion and public attitudes.

Best Publications

  • Predicting trends in rate parameters for self-diffusion on FCC metal surfaces

    Paras M Agrawal;Betsy M Rice;Donald L Thompson

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of the melting of aluminum nanoparticles.

    Saman Alavi;Donald L. Thompson

  • Analysis of the zero‐point energy problem in classical trajectory simulations

    Yin Guo;Donald L. Thompson;Thomas D. Sewell

  • Ground‐ and lower excited‐state discrete abinitio electronic potential‐energy surfaces for doublet HeH2+a)

    Donald R. McLaughlinb;Donald L. Thompson

  • First-principles calculations of the adsorption, diffusion, and dissociation of a CO molecule on the Fe(100) surface

    Dan C. Sorescu;Donald L. Thompson;Margaret M. Hurley;Cary F. Chabalowski

  • Theoretical Studies of the Hydrostatic Compression of RDX, HMX, HNIW, and PETN Crystals

    Dan C. Sorescu;Betsy M. Rice;Donald L. Thompson

  • Intermolecular Potential for the Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-s-triazine Crystal (RDX): A Crystal Packing, Monte Carlo, and Molecular Dynamics Study

    Dan C. Sorescu;and Betsy M. Rice;Donald L. Thompson

  • Classical and Quantum-Mechanical Studies of Crystalline FOX-7 (1,1-Diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene)

    Dan C. Sorescu;and Jerry A. Boatz;Donald L. Thompson

  • Shock-induced shear bands in an energetic molecular crystal: Application of shock-front absorbing boundary conditions to molecular dynamics simulations

    M. J. Cawkwell;Thomas D. Sewell;Lianqing Zheng;Donald L. Thompson

  • SEMICLASSICAL CALCULATIONS OF TUNNELING SPLITTING IN MALONALDEHYDE

    Thomas D. Sewell;Yin Guo;Donald L. Thompson

  • Interpolating moving least-squares methods for fitting potential energy surfaces: Detailed analysis of one-dimensional applications

    Gia G. Maisuradze;Donald L. Thompson;Albert F. Wagner;Michael Minkoff

  • Semiempirical VB Calculation of the (H2I2) Interaction Potential

    L. M. Raff;Lewis Stivers;R. N. Porter;D. L. Thompson

  • Interpolating moving least-squares methods for fitting potential energy surfaces: a strategy for efficient automatic data point placement in high dimensions.

    Richard Dawes;Donald L. Thompson;Albert F. Wagner;Michael Minkoff

  • ISOTHERMAL-ISOBARIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF 1,3,5,7-TETRANITRO-1,3,5,7-TETRAAZACYCLOOCTANE (HMX) CRYSTALS

    Dan C. Sorescu;Betsy M. Rice;Donald L. Thompson

  • Molecular dynamics study of the melting of nitromethane

    Paras M. Agrawal;Betsy M. Rice;Donald L. Thompson

  • Molecular dynamics studies of melting and some liquid-state properties of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [emim][PF6]

    Saman Alavi;Donald L. Thompson

  • Theoretical Studies of Solid Nitromethane

    Dan C. Sorescu;Betsy M. Rice;Donald L. Thompson

  • Interpolating moving least-squares methods for fitting potential energy surfaces: computing high-density potential energy surface data from low-density ab initio data points.

    Richard Dawes;Donald L. Thompson;Yin Guo;Albert F. Wagner

  • Dynamics of the Molecular and Atomic Mechanisms for the Hydrogen‐Iodine Exchange Reaction

    L. M. Raff;D. L. Thompson;L. B. Sims;R. N. Porter

  • A quasiclassical trajectory study of vibrational predissociation of van der Waals molecules: Collinear He⋅⋅⋅I2(B3Π)

    Susan Beatty Woodruff;Donald L. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Dan C. Sorescu
Dan C. Sorescu United States Department of Energy
Saman Alavi
Saman Alavi University of Ottawa
Albert F. Wagner
Albert F. Wagner Argonne National Laboratory
Bobby G. Sumpter
Bobby G. Sumpter Oak Ridge National Laboratory
John W. Brady
John W. Brady Cornell University
Raphael D. Levine
Raphael D. Levine Hebrew University of Jerusalem
J. M. White
J. M. White The University of Texas at Austin
William H. Miller
William H. Miller University of California, Berkeley
Sheng-Nian Luo
Sheng-Nian Luo Southwest Jiaotong University
Donald W. Brenner
Donald W. Brenner North Carolina State University

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