oeee ee
.
ee
ee em ee
egy predured by the mating of contaminated
reasters and hens chewed ne effort of radiatien.
The baby chicks hatched frem them egg ore
growing nermally, sed the anrwnnt of redieactivity in their timuss is berely drtertybie.
Whale the adunenéatration of the combtnetien
of sireentem cxtrete cad sediem EDTA wo
cherens deubied the escretion rete of fence
products, the rate at this long time after expasure wus sp lew thet the body burden was
lietle aGerted.
In the 6 month pecied post detonation neither
significant gros changes nor pathologicel
changes which could be detinitely ascribed to
radiation were detected in any of the animals.
Gross beta: ivity of urine and tissue samples
indicated tl..: all the animals had significant
internal contamination. The ievel of inter-
nally deposited radioisotopes in the pigs from
Roagelap was ten times the amount in human
beings from this area. The difference in the
amount of internal contamination of the animals
and the human beings was the result of the pro-
longed stay of the animals in the contaminated
area. The chickens were found to have the
xame concentration of radioixotopic material
per unit of body weight as the pigs.
All of the animals remaining will be observed
throughout their lifetime for the poasible ap-
pearance of any long termbiological effecta resultingfrom their exposure to external and in-
ternal radiation.
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