Table 2.
Percentage of Curium-243 Dose Transferred to Milk, Urine, and Feces
of Three Goats for 144 Hours After Each Animal Had Received a Single
20.8 pCi Intravenous Injection of Citrate-Buffered Curium-243
Chloride
Time
post-injection (hrs)
8
24
48
72
96
120
144
Total
Time
post-injection (hrs)
(Transfer to MILK)
Goat #4
Goat #5
Goat #6
0.894
0.387
0.211
0.112
0.0803
0.0731
0.0572
0.713
0.850
0.504
0.303
0.180
0.125
0.0856
0.814
0.291
0.272
0.146
0.0880
0.0716
0.0495
1.82
2.76
1.73
(Transfer to URINE)
Goat #4
Goat #5
Goat #6
8
24
48
72
96
120
144
2.57
1.11
0.583
0.349
0.372
0.459
0. 287
1.90
0.442
0.353
0.220
0.177
0.153
0.146
1.77
1.43
0.247
0.316
0.326
0.264
0.188
Total .
5.73
3.39
4.54
Time
post-injection (hrs)
8
24
48
72
96
120
144
Total
. (Transfer to FECES)
Goat #4
Goat #5
Goat #6
0.00510
0.0207
0.834
0.739
1.48
1.88
1.46
0.00269
0.0856
0.594
0.483
0.724
0.656
1.31
0.00284
0.102
0.654
0.440
0.580
0.867
0.640
6.42
3.86
3.29
172