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A modelistic approach to evaluate the factors affecting the 137Cs transfer from mother to fetus in cattle.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2076659     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The authors have analysed the relationship between 137Cs radioactivity and pregnancy in cattle with radiometric analysis of muscle, kidney and liver of 24 cattle at various stages of pregnancy, fed with fodder exposed to radioactive fall-out. Also the relative fetal muscle, kidney, liver and myocardium have been analysed. The automatic spectra analysis and the statistical one have given the following results: there is no correlation between 137Cs retention and the pregnancy stage in the cattle sampled; the absolute 137Cs concentration is always larger in the kidney than in the muscle (Km/Mm = 1.7), while it is just minor in minor in the liver (Lm/Mm = 0.8). The fetal concentration in muscle, kidney and liver is generally homogeneous, whereas the myocardium tends to retain more 137Cs in the first stages of the pregnancy as against the other tissues. In the last stage of pregnancy it presents a lower concentration. The authors have included the fetal body weight growth to get a more realistic description of the 137Cs transfer in the mother-fetus system; this approach enables to evaluate the kinetic constants so introduced.
Authors:
M Calamosca; P Pagano; F Trenti; L Zaghini; G Gentile; G Tarroni; L Morandi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  DTW. Deutsche tierärztliche Wochenschrift     Volume:  97     ISSN:  0341-6593     ISO Abbreviation:  DTW. Dtsch. Tierarztl. Wochenschr.     Publication Date:  1990 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1991-04-24     Completed Date:  1991-04-24     Revised Date:  2007-07-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7706565     Medline TA:  Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  452-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
ENEA-PAS-FIBI-Lab. Fisica e Tossicologia Aerosol-Bologna.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cattle / metabolism*
Cesium Radioisotopes / metabolism*
Female
Kidney / metabolism
Liver / metabolism
Maternal-Fetal Exchange*
Muscles / metabolism
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Animal / metabolism*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cesium Radioisotopes

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