TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF IRRADIATION UPON THE WHOLESOMENESS OF FOOD. Progress Report No. 9 for September 1959-March 1960
Feeding irradiated beef to dogs has no significant effect on their growth, feed conversion, fertility, or lactation as cell,white blood cell, or differential white blood cell counts. feeding irradiated (5.58 megarads) beef depressed food consumption. There were fewer pups born to the dogs fed the 5.58 megarad irradiated beef, but there were only two bitches per treatment. It is concluded that the significant depression of food consumption and the questionable depression of the size of litters born to dogs fed irradiated beef as observed in this project should be investigated further. Male rats fed irradiated beef were protected to a greater extent by the subcutaneous adiministration of vitamin K than by the oral administration of this vitamin. The administration of testosterone to intact rats feed irradiated beef increased the incidence of the hemor
- Research Organization:
- Illinois. Univ., Urbana
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-002954
- OSTI ID:
- 4128953
- Report Number(s):
- AD-239223
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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