SEMI-ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR JANUARY 1, 1959 TO JULY 31, 1959

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

OSTI ID:4202647

Progress is reported in the following studies: the influence of stable dietary barium, strontium, and calcium on the uptake of barium-138, strontium-89, and calcium-45 by the bones and eggs of chickens and milk in lactating dairy cows; determinntion of strontium-89 in digestive tract tissues and contents at varying intervals after dosing; the effects of phosphorus intake on metabolism of strontium-89 in digestive tract tissues and contents at varying intervals after dosing; the effects of phosphorus intake on metabolism of strontium-89, calcium- 45, and phosphorus-32 in beef steers; the ratio of strontium-89 and calcium-45 in cheese made from milk containing the radionuclides; the metabolism of fluorine-18 in beef heifers and cows after intravenous administration; the metabolism of linoleic-1C/sup 14/ acid in chicks; the effect of sulfanilamide on carbonic anhydrase and absorption and excretion of zinc-65, calcium-45, and copper-64; the effect of dietary calcium levels on absorption and excretion of calcium-45, phosphorus-32, copper-64, and zinc-65 in sheep; the relationship of vitamin E to iron metabolism in rats; the effects of radiation on reproductive physiology in swine and rats; the status of burros surviving gamma-neutron irradiation from an atomic detonation; and preliminary studies on the median lethality of Hereford cattle. Fifty-three samples of seed and plant materials were irradiated during the period. Data are tabulated from long-term field, greenhouse, and laboratory studies on agricultural crops grown from irradiated seed. Third-generation data are reviewed for several field crops. (For preceding period see ORO-183.) (C.H.)

• Research Organization: Tennessee. Univ., Knoxville. Agricultural Research Lab.
• NSA Number: NSA-14-003282
• OSTI ID: 4202647
• Report Number(s): ORO-217
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

AGE-- BIRDS-- CARBON 14-- CHICKS-- LABELLED COMPOUNDS-- LINOLEIC ACID- - METABOLISM-- ORGANIC ACIDS
AGE-- BLOOD VESSELS-- CATTLE-- COWS-- DIFFUSION-- FLUORINE 18-- METABOLISM
AGE-- CATTLE-- LETHAL DOSE-- SURVIVAL TIME
AGRICULTURE-- CEREALS-- GENETICS-- IRRADIATION-- PLANTS-- REPRODUCTION-- SAMPLING- - SEEDS
ANIMALS- - IRRADIATION-- PHYSIOLOGY-- RADIATION EFFECTS-- RATS-- REPRODUCTION-- SWINE
ANIMALS-- BARIUM 138-- BIRDS-- BONES-- CALCIUM 45-- CATTLE-- CHICKENS-- COWS-- DEPOSITS-- DIET-- DIFFUSION-- DISTRIBUTION-- EGGS-- INTESTINE-- METABOLISM-- MILK-- STRONTIUM 89
ANIMALS-- BURROS-- GAMMA RADIATION-- NEUTRON BEAMS-- NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS--
BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE