Table 4.
Curium Retention Pattern in Three Dairy Goats 162 Hours After Each
Animal Had Received a Single Intravenous Dose (20.8 wCi/animal)
of Citrate-Buffered Curium-243 Chloride
Percentage of Injected Curium-243 Retained
Tissue/Organ
Goat #4
Goat #5
Goat #6
Liver
37.7
40.3
33.6
Bone
17.3
13.5
21.9
Muscle
3.86
7.68
3.03
Kidney
1.30
1.89
1.53
Lung
0.607
0.832
0.753
Heart
0.260
0.487
0.192
Spleen
0.0133
0.133
0.119
Bile
0.0134
0.0260
0.0591
Thyroid
0.00712
0.00871
0.00529
Gonads
0.00401
0.00564
0.00505
Tissue/Organ
Percentage of Injected Curium-243 Retained per kg
Goat #6
Goat #5
Goat #4
Liver
30.3
46.0
50.6
11.4
13.7
Kidney
7.30
Bone
5.28
5.46
Bile
2.68
2.36
1.25
Thyroid
1.18
2.18
1.70
Heart
1.04
2.59
1.24
Gonads
0.803
1.88
1.68
Lung
0.914
1.49
1.49
Spleen
0.0721
0.899
1.89
Muscle
0.164
0.433
0.202
175
10.5