TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF IRRADIATION UPON THE WHOLESOMENESS OF FOOD. Progress Report No. 9 for Period: September 1959-March 1960

Technical Report · Mon Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1960

OSTI ID:4145635

Reber, E F; Malhotra, O P; Beamer, P D; Norton, H W

Feeding irradiated beef to dogs had no significant effect on their growth, feed conversion, fertility, or lactation as compared to dogs fed nonirradiated beef. Feeding irradiated beef had no effect on the level of hemoglobin, red blood 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 administration of vitamin K than by the oral administration of this vitamin. The administration of testosterone to intact rats fed irradiated beef increased the incidence of the hemorrhagic syndrome. (auth)

• Research Organization: Texas. Agricultural Experiment Station, college Station
• NSA Number: NSA-14-023919
• OSTI ID: 4145635
• Report Number(s): NP-9036
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BLOOD CELLS
DIET
DIFFUSION
DOGS
FOOD
HEMOGLOBIN
HEMORRHAGE
HORMONES
IRRADIATION
MEAT
PRESERVATION
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RATS
REPRODUCTION
SKIN
STANDARDS
STEROIDS
TESTOSTERONE
VARIATIONS
VITAMIN K-1
VITAMINS