Table 5. Percentage of Dose per kg of Milk, Urine, and Feces From Dairy Goats
Following an Intravenous Dose of Either Curium-243 or Plutonium-238
Average of 3 goats (20.8 uCi of citrate-buffered curium-243 chloride per animal):
Time
Milk
Urine
Feces
1.59
6.86
0.0417
24
0.612
1.32
0.301
48
0.288
0.500
1.60
72
0.181
0.356
1.56
96
0.109
0.284
1.54
120
0. 0866
0.229
1.72
144
0.0561
0.147
1.70
post-injection (hrs)
8
One goat (50 uCi of citrate-buffered plutonium-238 nitrate):
Time
post-injection (hrs)
Milk*
Urine*
Feces
6
0.117
2.54
0.0280
23
0.210
0.256
0.692
47
0.0458
0.0250
0.420
71
0.0188
0.0170
0.418
95
0.0180
0.0166
0.480
119
0.0142
0.0212
0.406
143
0.00840
0.0104
0.318
*Based on volume, not weight (%/2)
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