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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1963. Damage to Livestock From Radioactive Fallout in Event of Nuclear War: A Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18486.
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30Ml^v l l. I«MOiwciio« 2 l.l INl!C Ki88ion, ?acilit^, an6 ?roce6ure8 3 l.2 3pecial M^l^ ?rodlem8 Involvinß 1,ive8tock 3 l .2 3udcommittee ^pproacn 4 l.4 ?allout I^pe8 5 l.5 Iime an6 Inten8itv ot Lxpo8ure 6 l.6 vi8tridution ot ?allout ? 2. erraci8 o? LXI^I^l. IWI2I«L «^vi^no« o« r^ii« ^i«/^3 9 2.l 3pecie8, Kate, an6 ljualitv vitterence8 ot Lann>m I5xpo8ure8 ^ 9 2.2 Lttect8 on cattle l0 2.3 Lttect8 on Lurro8 ll 2.4 Lttect8 on Loat8 l2 2.5 Lttect8 on 3vine l2 2.6 Lttect8 on ?oultrv l4 2.7 äummar^ c,t Ka6iation Lttect8 on ?oo6-?ro6ucinß Kammal8 an6 ?oultrv l5 2. LrreciZ rkon i«0l!3iiW o? ?i33ioli rkoo0ci3 l9 2.l Lioloßical Lttect8 on roo6-?ro6ucinß ^nimal8 l9 3.2 Ka6ioactive Icxline, 3trontium, an6 0e8ium l9 3.3 Ketadolic an6 Ioxicitv IntolTmation on Io6ine»l2l 20 3.4 Ketadolic an6 Ioxicitv Intormation on 3trontium-9O 22 3.5 «etadolic an6 Ioxicitv Iniormation on 0e8ium-l37 22 2.6 comdine6 Lttect8 22 4. IM^Kll^l. l!X?c)3UK3 10 eäwlä ^«v LLI^ «>^8 25 4.l Innalation Na2ar6 25 4.2 Inße8 tion Na2ar6 26 4.3 Ine ^66e6 Na2ar6 to ^nimal8 ot 0on8ume6 ki88ion ?ro6uct8 28 5. L??Lci3 0? coni^ci «IIN kknio^ciivR K^iLki>i.3 30 5.l Lxternal Lttec t8 (Ka6iation Lurn8) 30 5.2 Lurn Ivpe8 30

6. ^«Vl^l.3 äIW ?0Ul.N^ ^3 30IN0l!3 or ?00v 33 6.l Utili2atlon ot ^nimal8 l!xpo8e6 to 1otal-Lo6^ Ka6iation 33 6.2 Utili2ation ot Internallv Lxpo8e6 ^nimal8 33 6.3 ^88e88inß tde Na2ar6 ot U8inß l'ocxl trom Lxpo8e6 ^nimal8 33 6 .4 Utili2ation ot ?oultrv 36 6.5 ?oo6 Value ot ^nimal8 l!xpo8e6 to 2la8t an6 Neat 36 7. LX?08UKL or il/^niL i.i?k: 3? 7.l Lttect8 ot Kxpo8ure 3? 7.2 Utili2ation a8 ?oo6 37 8. 8INH.HV, 3Lx0äi., Le«Liic, ^!w LtV^oi.c)0ic LrrLci3 39 8.l «ale 3terilit^ 39 8.2 ?emale 3terilit^ 39 8.3 Lmdrvoloßic Lttecti8 40 8.4 Lenetic Lttect8 on Kanmml8 40 8.5 3terilit^ in ?oultrv 4l 9. rk01601IVL 00N3IvLl^1I0«8 rok N03L^MMH 42 9.l Leneral 0ui6ance 42 9.2 Iutilitv ot Inerap^ 43 9.3 ?rotection trc>m ^allout 43 9.4 ?e«6inß ?ractice8 43 9.5 3ome 3pecial ?rodlem8 44 l0. KL36äK0N ^W3 45 l0.l ?n^ical vata 45 l0.2 Lioloßical vata 45 l0.3 veten8ive Kea8ure8 46 ^r?l!M)ix ä. Lioi.00I0^l. ^V^Il^LHHX 0? r^i^00I I« kni^iio« 10 I13 vI3NILU1I0ll 4? ^rrLlwIX L. KUI.Iir^!ÜL rä0I0K3 rok ?L8KI33ILl^ 00t«:Ml1l^1I0«3 (Lxplanation tor Iadle X) 56 ^rrlüwix 0. L31I«^II0H or INL ^ooeo N^2^lU1 10 l.IVL3100X ?K0» 00N3UKL1> ?I33I0H rK0vU013 6l ^rrlüwix o. c0«?01>II0N 0? I^^^ v03L 10 INM0H13 0? ä0M.13 ätll) 0NIU)KI:« rkWl 0KI«XI«0 Knx ?0l.1.0UIN0 «U0l^^K ^n^cii 65 KLrL«.L«0l23 70 IlMkX 89 vl

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