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John Mitchell Thompson

John Mitchell Thompson

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
45
Citations
7490
World Ranking
817
National Ranking
51

Overview

John Mitchell Thompson is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work covers various subfields such as Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Small Animals, and Cell Biology.

Their research mainly addresses topics related to Meat and Animal Product Quality, Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Pharmacological Effects and Assays, and Muscle Metabolism and Nutrition.

Recent publications by John Mitchell Thompson include:

  • Prediction of consumer palatability in beef using visual marbling scores and chemical intramuscular fat percentage, 2020, Meat Science
  • The relative importance of eating quality and carcass yield in determining beef carcass value, 2022, Meat Science
  • Does a single adjustment in the meat standards Australia beef grading model cater for different hormonal growth promotant formulations?, 2021, animal
  • The impact of different Hormonal Growth Promotants (HGP) on desmin degradation and collagen content of various muscles from pasture and feedlot finished steer carcasses, 2021, Meat Science

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • P. McGilchrist
  • Rod Polkinghorne
  • D.T. Packer
  • Sarah Stewart
  • G.E. Gardner

John Mitchell Thompson has published predominantly in the journal Meat Science, with additional publications in the journal animal.

Best Publications

  • Managing meat tenderness.

    John Thompson

  • Meat standards and grading: a world view.

    R.J. Polkinghorne;J.M. Thompson

  • The effects of marbling on flavour and juiciness scores of cooked beef, after adjusting to a constant tenderness

    John Mitchell Thompson

  • Body composition and implications for heat production of Angus steer progeny of parents selected for and against residual feed intake

    E. C. Richardson;R. M. Herd;V. H. Oddy;J. M. Thompson

  • Evolution of the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) beef grading system

    R Polkinghorne;John Mitchell Thompson;R Watson;A Gee

  • Development of the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) prediction model for beef palatability

    R Watson;R Polkinghorne;John Mitchell Thompson

  • The interaction between pH and temperature decline early postmortem on the calpain system and objective tenderness in electrically stimulated beef longissimus dorsi muscle.

    I.H Hwang;J.M Thompson

  • Factors affecting beef palatability — farmgate to chilled carcass

    D. M. Ferguson;H. L. Bruce;J. M. Thompson;A. F. Egan

  • Methods used in the CRC program for the determination of carcass yield and beef quality

    D. Perry;W. R. Shorthose;D. M. Ferguson;J. M. Thompson

  • Factors contributing to proteolysis and disruption of myofibrillar proteins and the impact on tenderisation in beef and sheep meat

    David L Hopkins;John Mitchell Thompson

  • The impact of processing on sensory and objective measurements of sheep meat eating quality

    John Mitchell Thompson;D L Hopkins;D N D'Souza;P J Walker

  • The relationship between tenderness, proteolysis, muscle contraction and dissociation of actomyosin

    D.L Hopkins;J.M Thompson

  • Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of animal, carcass, and meat quality traits from temperate and tropically adapted beef breeds. 4. Correlations among animal, carcass, and meat quality traits *

    A. Reverter;D. J. Johnston;D. M. Ferguson;D. Perry

  • A research note on factors affecting the determination of myofibrillar fragmentation.

    D.L Hopkins;P.J Littlefield;J.M Thompson

  • Epistasis Between Calpain 1 and Its Inhibitor Calpastatin Within Breeds of Cattle

    W. Barendse;B. E. Harrison;R. J. Hawken;D. M. Ferguson

  • The effect of time and type of electrical stimulation on the calpain system and meat tenderness in beef longissimus dorsi muscle

    I.H Hwang;J.M Thompson

  • A meta-analysis of zilpaterol and ractopamine effects on feedlot performance, carcass traits and shear strength of meat in cattle.

    Ian J. Lean;John M. Thompson;Frank R. Dunshea

  • Video image analysis in the Australian meat industry--precision and accuracy of predicting lean meat yield in lamb carcasses.

    DL Hopkins;E Safari;John Mitchell Thompson;CR Smith

  • Development of a sensory protocol for testing palatability of sheep meats

    John Mitchell Thompson;A Gee;D L Hopkins;D W Pethick

  • New Concepts of Sheep Growth

    John Thompson

  • Long-term consequences of birth weight and growth to weaning on carcass, yield and beef quality characteristics of Piedmontese- and Wagyu-sired cattle

    Paul Greenwood;Linda Cafe;H Hearnshaw;DW Hennessy

  • THE DEGRADATION OF MYOFIBRILLAR PROTEINS IN BEEF AND LAMB USING DENATURING ELECTROPHORESIS - AN OVERVIEW

    D L Hopkins;John Mitchell Thompson

  • Use of a bovine genome array to identify new biological pathways for beef marbling in Hanwoo (Korean Cattle)

    Seung-Hwan Lee;Cedric Gondro;Julius van der Werf;Nam-Kuk Kim

  • Beef quality grades as determined by Korean and Australian consumers

    J. M. Thompson;R. Polkinghorne;I. H. Hwang;A. M. Gee

  • The effect of dietary treatment on meat quality and on consumer perception of sheep meat eating quality

    D W Pethick;R Davidson;D L Hopkins;R H Jacob

  • Effect of sheep type on meat and eating quality of sheep meat

    D L Hopkins;P J Walker;John Mitchell Thompson;D W Pethick

  • The effect of degree of doneness of beef steaks on consumer acceptability of meals in restaurants

    R.J. Cox;J.M. Thompson;C.M. Cunial;S. Winter

  • Effects of hormonal growth promotants (HGP) on growth, carcass characteristics, the palatability of different muscles in the beef carcass and their interaction with aging

    John Mitchell Thompson;B M McIntyre;G D Tudor;David W Pethick

  • Genetics of meat quality and carcass traits and the impact of tenderstretching in two tropical beef genotypes

    Matthew Lee Wolcott;David Johnston;Stephen Barwick;CL Iker

  • Current usage and future development of the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) grading system

    R Polkinghorne;R Watson;John Mitchell Thompson;David W Pethick

  • Demographic and design effects on beef sensory scores given by Korean and Australian consumers

    I. H. Hwang;R. Polkinghorne;J. M. Lee;J. M. Thompson

  • The effect of time off feed prior to slaughter on muscle glycogen metabolism and rate of pH decline in three different muscles of stimulated and non-stimulated sheep carcasses

    B L Daly;B L Daly;Graham Edwin Gardner;D M Ferguson;John Mitchell Thompson

  • New electrical stimulation technologies for sheep carcasses

    F D Shaw;S R Baud;I Richards;D W Pethick

  • Genetic variation in fatty acid composition of subcutaneous fat in cattle

    M. J. Kelly;R. K. Tume;S. Newman;J. M. Thompson

  • Length of exposure to high post-rigor temperatures affects the tenderisation of the beef M. longissmus dorsi

    K L Thomson;Graham E Gardner;Graham E Gardner;N Simmons;John Mitchell Thompson

  • Effect of carcass suspension and cooking method on the palatability of three beef muscles as assessed by Korean and Australian consumers

    B. Y. Park;I. H. Hwang;S. H. Cho;Y. M. Yoo

  • The effect of design and demographic factors on consumer sensory scores

    John Mitchell Thompson;A B Pleasants;D W Pethick

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Pethick
David W. Pethick Murdoch University
David L. Hopkins
David L. Hopkins Charles Sturt University
Graham E. Gardner
Graham E. Gardner Murdoch University
G. H. Geesink
G. H. Geesink University of New England
Heather M Burrow
Heather M Burrow University of New England
David Johnston
David Johnston University of New England
Drewe Ferguson
Drewe Ferguson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Paul L. Greenwood
Paul L. Greenwood University of New England
D. L. Robinson
D. L. Robinson University of New England
Alex J. Ball
Alex J. Ball University of New England

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