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Comparative study of 137Cs distribution in broilers and pheasants and possibilities for protection

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The aim of the present study was to investigate distribution of 137Cs in leg and breast meat of broilers and pheasants following single alimentary contamination and administration of two protectors (AFCF and clinoptilolite). The birds were administered a single dose of 137CsCl, with an activity of 750 Bq. Protectors were given via gastric tube or mixed in the forage pellets. AFCF given via gastric tube decreased the 137Cs concentration by a factor of 7.8 in broilers leg meat and 7.4 in broilers breast meat. When AFCF was mixed in pellets, the 137Cs concentration was 19.5 times lower in broilers leg meat and 22.1 times lower in broilers breast meat, than in the control group. In pheasants, AFCF administered via gastric tube decreased the 137Cs concentration by a factor of 12.4 in leg meat and by a factor of 13.7 in breast meat, respectively. In group 4, where pheasants were administered AFCF mixed in pellets, the 137Cs concentration was 3.7 times lower in leg and breast meat, than in the control group. For comparison, clinoptilolite administered via gastric tube decreased the 137Cs concentration 1.8 times in broilers leg meat and 2.0 times in breast meat, compared to the control group. In pheasants, 137Cs concentration was 2.9 times lower in leg meat and 2.6 times lower in breast meat. Clinoptilolite mixed in the feed had relatively low efficiency of protection in broilers (137Cs concentration was 1.4 times lower in leg meat and 1.6 lower in breast meat). A similar trend was observed in pheasants (137Cs concentration was 1.6 lower in leg and breast meat).

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  1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Radiology and Radiation Hygiene, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Oslobodjenja 18, Belgrade, Serbia

    Branislava M. Mitrović, Gordana Vitorović & Mirjana Lazarević-Macanović

  2. Laboratory of Radiation Hygiene, Insititute of Veterinary Medicine Serbia, Vojvode Toze 14, Belgrade, Serbia

    Mihajlo Vićentijević

  3. Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia

    Duško Vitorović

  4. Institute of Nuclear Sciences–Vinča, Post Fah 522, 11001, Belgrade, Serbia

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Mitrović, B.M., Vitorović, G., Vićentijević, M. et al. Comparative study of 137Cs distribution in broilers and pheasants and possibilities for protection. Radiat Environ Biophys 51, 79–84 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00411-011-0391-8

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