Document Details
Title:
COMPILED REPORT ON COOPERATIVE FIELD SURVEY OF SHEEP DEATHS IN SW UTAH ( CEDAR CITY ) BY PHS, AEC, USDOA, UTAES - UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
SHEEP; DISEASES; FORAGE; BLOOD; NECROPSY; TISSUES; DEATH; FALLOUT; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ETIOLOGY; UPSHOT OPERATION; RADIATION DOSES; DATA; US AEC; US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; MAPS; IODINE; FISSION PRODUCTS; ANIMALS; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; ANIMAL FEEDS; INJURIES; THYROID; PLANTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; LESIONS; UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE OPERATION
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1953 Aug 31
Declassification Status:
Unknown
Document Pages:
0032
Accession Number:
NV0000386
Document Number(s):
PHSA9446
Originating Research Org.:
UTAH-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
A COMPILATION OF INVESTIGATIONS BY SEVERAL AGENCIES ON THE PROBLEM OF UTAH SHEEP DEATHS OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY IS GIVEN. AFTER NOTICING UNUSU AL SYMPTOMS AND DEATHS IN THEIR SHEEP, UTAH SHEEPMEN NOTIFIED UTAH VET ERINARIAN A.C. JOHNSON WHO REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE DEPARTM ENT OF AGRICULTURE VETERINARIAN AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE VET ERINARIAN. THERE WAS SUFFICIENT REASON TO BELIEVE THE DEATHS COULD BE RADIATION RELATED DUE TO THE NUCLEAR TESTING IN THE AREA. AID WAS RE QUESTED AND RECEIVED FROM THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, WHICH SENT O UT INVESTIGATING TEAMS TO INTERVIEW SHEEP OWNERS AND CONDUCT EXAMINATI ONS. RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATIONS ARE INCLUDED AS IS DATA FROM INTERVI EWS AND SOIL AND PLANT STUDIES THAT WERE CONDUCTED. A MEDICAL HISTORY OF SELECTED HERDS OF UTAH SHEEP IS PRESENTED. NECROPSY REPORTS, MICR OSCOPIC FINDINGS AND RADIOASSAYS OF SELECTED TISSUES OF SEVERAL SHEEP ARE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ALONG WITH A FALLOUT PATTERN MAP OF THE ARE A FOR OPERATION UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE ORIGINAL OF 259 64.