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EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL IONIZING RADIATION ON FARM ANIMALS
Pages 9-18

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... r/6ay protracte6/driet Lurro 785 l500 50 2 riß 6l0 8540 50 l4 Lamma ray8 vill de tne principal cau8e ot tne total»do6y irra6iation 8vn6rome. Leta ra6iation tollovinß nuclear 6etonation8 na8 an averaße penetration 01 le88 tdan tne 8kin tnickne88 ot mo8t 6ome8tic animal8.
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From page 10...
... vepre88e6 appetite va8 ßenerallv a88ocialie6 vitn on8et ot tever. 1,o88 ot appetite va8 evi6ent in mo8t ot tne animal8 one to livo 6av8 detore 6eatd; dovever, 8ome ot tde animal8 8till N26 an appetite until a tev dour8 detore 6eatd.
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From page 11...
... Ine mo8t pronounce6 micro8copic le8ion8 vere nemorrnaße, atropnv ot lvmpdoi6 ti88ue an6 done marrov, 8uperticial muco8al ulceration8 in tne ßa8trointe8tinal an6 pnarvnßeal reßion8. Lacterial colonie8 vere numerou8 arounci tne ulcerate6 area8 a8 vell a8 vitnin manv ot tne paren» cnvmatou8 orßan8.
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From page 12...
... Novever, amonß tne8« 8urvivor8 vere 8ome tnat 6ie6 tnree or iour ^ear8 atter tne expo8ure 8dovinß a nemorrnaßi<2 8^n6rome re8emdlinß tne initial ra6iation etiect. Heuromu8cular 8ißn8 8ucn a8 tvitcnin^ ot tne tace nnl8cle8 an6 8pa8» mo6ic retraction ot tne lip8 v«re occa8ionall^ 8een vitnin ^8 nour8 atter expo8ure.
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From page 13...
... m>ptom-tree perio6 varie6 vitn dne inten8it^ ot tne 6o8e ot total»dcxl^ irra6iation, a8 6i6 tne 8everit^ ot rne 8^mptom8. 3urvival time va8 increa8e6 a8 tne expo8ure va8 re6uce6.
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From page 14...
... vurinß tne latter part ot tne 8econ6 veek manv animal8 da6 a ri8e in rectal temperature, e6ema in tne appen6aße8, lamenes8 an6 8titt ßait, ataxia, 6^8pnea, an6 pro» nounce6 veakne88 in tne po8terior part8. 1,o88 ot veißnt va8 pronounce6 in almo8t all tne animal8 6urinß vne 8econ6 veek aiter expo8ure.
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From page 15...
... Initially tnere i8 a 8nakinß ot tne nea6 dut no evi6ence ot tde p8eu6o»eupnoria noticen in mammal8. vepre88ion aevelop8 vitnin a tev 6av8 an6 tne dir68 ten6 to croucd in 2.
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From page 17...
... 0riteria tor ^.Il. re^ect: elevate6 temperature, increa8e6 rate ot re8piration,letnarßv.
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... 7» vea6 l00 0 0 95 0 5 90 0 l0 75 5 20 65 5 30 40 l0 50 l0 20 70 0 l5 85 0 5 95 0 0 l00 Llevate6 tempereture, increa8e6 rate ot re8niraliion, lo88 ot appetite, or letdarßy.
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