FISSION PRODUCT METABOLISM AND RESPONSE IN LABORATORY AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Progress Report, April 1, 1958-January 31, 1964
Research activities during the past 6 years are reviewed. Results are reported for recent studies on adaptation to increased dietary Ca by dairy cows as a factor in the reduction of Sr/sup 90/ content of milk; the testing of a theoretical model of alkaline earth absorption in rats by a comparison of biological discrimination among Ca/sup 47/, Sr/sup 85/, and Ba/sup 133/ in the presence of glucose, lactose, and lysine; the effects of lactose on the intestinal absorption of Ca in rats; a comparison of the ileal absorption of Ca/ sup 47/ and Sr/sup 85/ by rats from solutions with high and low concentrations of stable Ca; determinatione of the Ca, Mg, and total alkaline earth content in mucosal tissue and plasma of normally fed rats, fasted rats, and rats fed a lactose solution; an investigation of non-exchangeable Ca compartments in the plasma of sheep; the effect of lactose and vitamin D on calcification in the rachitic chick; the metabolism and milk content of I/sup 131/ of dairy cows after long-term daily administration of I/sup 131/; the absorption of Fe/sup 59/ in sheep; the development of a method for the estimation of parasitic blood loss in sheep by whole-body counting of Fe/sup 59/ retention; the development of a method for the simultaneous measurement of erythrocyte and plasma volume in sheep using Fe/sup 59/ as a tracer; the concentration of Na/sup 22/, Cl/sup 36/, and C/sup 14/ inulin in rat kidney and counter-current mechanisms for the production of concentrated urine in mammals; the effects of diuretics on the distribution of Na/ sup 22/, Fe/sup 59/-labeled erythrocytes, and I/sup 131/labeled albumin in rat kidneys; the effects of thiamine on nervous response to ultraviolet radiation in frogs and lobsters; the effects of gamma radiation on reproductive capabilities of young male rabbits; and an evaluation of the contamination of the food chain by fallout fission products, with emphasis on Sr/sup 90/, Cs/sup 137/, and I/sup 131/ intake from total diet and individual food items. A list is included of publications resulting from research conducted under this contract. (C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- New York. State Univ. Veterinary Coll., Ithaca
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-011559
- OSTI ID:
- 4096028
- Report Number(s):
- TID-19977
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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