two instances in which there has been
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minor deviation from the crogream's basic
ohilosovhy of conducting only well understo>d
and easily interpretable exneriments.
The
significance of the mouse inhalation date
will not be clear, but the Air Torces have
becn extremely eager to obtain this
which elthough voor,
infornetion
they feel is better then none.
Large <nimal studies:
Figs end dogs
(foxhounds)
will be used.
There
is
some
concem
about whether the pigs wilt be am.11 enough to fit some of the
conté iners 2S an error was made in the time of breeding.
This
together with the slight d-lay in the shot time has caused
anxiety particulerly on the vart of TFearse's groun as to whether
the snimels will not be too large at shot time.
in charge of the snima’ts
is
The veterinaricn
confident that he can hold down the
weight of these animels to 70 ner cent of thet formerly exvected
without interfering with the health or nutrition of the animes.
te
Roy
i
goinz to
send word to Pearce a3
soon as he errives and
looks over the situation.
1.
Tonizins Radiation:
a.
Mortality versus distance:
There will be 3
stations each containing 10 dogs and 10 nis. pleced
at 75 roentgen intervels covering en exrected
ronge of SO to 700 r of gamna radietion.
io
testing of xs ny sort will be done on these
animes.
ALL deeths will be autonsied.
Kodachrone filme vill be teken of netholozicel
snecimens and some of the gros* organs vill be
embedded
in plastic «nd
seved
for tec chin.) murnot>”.
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