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- - The study aimed to investigate how pigs absorb radiocesium from haylage contaminated with low cesium levels at different growth stages, tracking their health through weight and blood analysis over one month.
- - It is the first research of its kind to report on the radiocesium transfer rate in pigs after a month of consuming contaminated feed, highlighting the development of body equilibrium during that period.
- - Findings indicated that juvenile pigs retained higher levels of radiocesium compared to adults, with the kidneys showing the highest retention rate at 16.2%.
Article Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the radiocesium transfer rates of pigs fed haylage contaminated with low levels of cesium at different growth stages. We measured the body weight of juvenile and adult pigs during the treatment period to confirm their health status. We also performed pig blood hematologic and biochemical analyses at both growth stages. To our knowledge, this is the first study to report pig radiocesium transfer coefficient rates after 1 month of chronic oral treatment, which is the period assumed to be required for body equilibrium under a diet of radiocesium-contaminated food. The results showed higher radiocesium retention rates in the kidneys, liver, spleen, genitals, psoas major, bladder, thyroid, and urine than in the blood and bone (tibia and femur) of pigs at both growth stages. The radiocesium retention levels were generally higher in juvenile pigs than in adult pigs, with the highest transfer coefficient ratio in the kidneys (16.2%).
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485866 | PMC |
| http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237977 | PLOS |
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