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LONG-TERM FEEDING OF IRRADIATED CHICKEN STEW AND CABBAGE TO RATS. Report No. 2 for Nov. 1, 1957-May 1, 1958

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4289607

No significant differences were observed in weight gains or feed efficiencies of rats observed for 43 weeks while maintained on a diet of irradiated chicken stew and cabbage. The irradiated diet did not significantly affect the reproductive performance or the blood picture of the rats. No effect was found on the intestinal mucosal levels of hexokinase, alkaline phosphatase, sucrase, or glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase. (C.H.)

Research Organization:
Syracuse Univ., N.Y. Biological and Food Research Center
NSA Number:
NSA-13-003515
OSTI ID:
4289607
Report Number(s):
AD-200734
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English