Contact Information
Extension: 54934 | Email: jthomaso@ovc.uoguelph.ca
Areas of Interest
Biomechanics:
- Biomechanics of the mammalian musculoskeleton
- Functional design of the skull; mechanics of locomotion in horses
- In vivo bone strain
- Finite-element modelling of skeletal mechanics
Current Graduate Students
Cristin McCarty,
B.Sc., M.P.H. (Michigan)
The effect of impact on bone properties in the distal forelimbs of Standardbred and Thoroughbred racehorses.
- Ph.D. candidate
Alanna Chaudhry, B.Sc. (McMaster), M.Sc. (McMaster)
An analysis of equine hoof keratinocytes in vitro.
- Ph.D. candidate - GRADUATED W'10
Richelle Neundorf, B.Sc. (Guelph)
Incidence and severity of post-traumatic osteoarthritis in Thoroughbred racehorses throughout Ontario.
- M.Sc. candidate - GRADUATED F'08
Selected References
- Wroe S, McHenry C, and Thomason J. 2005 Bite club: comparative force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 272: 619-625.
- Thomason JJ, McClinchey H, Faramarzi B, and Jofriet JC. 2005 Mechanical behaviour and quantitative morphology of the equine laminar junction. The Anatomical Record, Part A 283A: 366-379.
- Runciman RJ, Thomason JJ, Springett G, Bullock S, and Sears W. 2004 Horseshoe fixation versus hoof colour, a comparison study. Biosystems Engineering 89: 377-382.
- McClinchey HL, Thomason JJ, and Runciman R.J. 2004 Grip and slippage of the horse’s hoof on solid substrates measured ex vivo . Biosystems Engineering 89: 485-494.
- Thomason JJ, Bignell WW, Batiste D, and Sears W. 2004 Effects of hoofshape, body mass and velocity on surface strain in the wall of the unshod forehoof of Standardbreds trotting on a treadmill. Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology 1: 87-97.
- McClinchey HL, Thomason JJ, and Jofriet, JC. 2003 Isolating the effects of equine hoof shape measurements on capsule strain with finite element analysis. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 16: 67-75.
- Thomason JJ, McClinchey HL, and Jofriet, JC. 2002 The analysis of strain and stress in the equine hoof capsule using finite element methods: comparison with principal strains recorded in vivo. Equine Veterinary Journal 34:719-725.
- Jenkins, I, Thomason JJ, and Norman DB. 2002 Primates and engineering principles: applications to craniodental mechanisms in ancient terrestrial predators. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 82: 223-240.
- Thomason JJ, Grovum, LE, Deswysen, AG, and Bignell WW. 2001 In vivo surface strain and stereology of the frontal and maxillary bones of sheep: implications for the structural design of the mammalian skull. Anatomical Record 264: 325-338.
- Thomason JJ, Douglas JE, and Sears W. 2001. Morphology of the laminar junction in relation to the shape of the hoof capsule and third phalanx in adult horses (Equus caballus). Cells Tissues Organs 168: 295-31.
- Rayfield EJ, Norman DB, Horner CC, Horner JR, Smith PM, Thomason JJ, and Upchurch P. 2001 Cranial design and function in a large theropod dinosaur. Nature 409: 1033-1037.
- Suchorski-Tremblay AM, Kok R, Thomason JJ. 2001 Modelling horse hoof cracking with artificial neural networks. Canadian Biosystems Engineering 43: 7.15-7.22.
- Thomason, J.J., Bignell, W.W., and Sears. W. C 2001 Components of variation in surface hoof strain with time. Equine Veterinary Journal Supplement 33, 63-66.
- Thomason, J.J., J.E. Douglas and W. Sears (2001) Morphology of the laminar junction in relation to the shape of the hoof capsule and third phalanx in adult horses (Equus caballus). Cells Tissues Organs (in press)
- Douglas, J.E., J.J. Thomason (2000) Shape, orientation and spacing of the primary epidermal laminae in the hooves of neonatal and adult horses (Equus caballus). Cells Tissues Organs 166: 304-318. Abstract: www.online.karger.com/library/karger/renderer/dataset.exe?jcode=CTO
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