Radiocesium Transfer to Sheeps Milk as a Result of Soil Ingestion

dc.contributor.authorAssimakopoulos, P. A.en
dc.contributor.authorIoannides, K. G.en
dc.contributor.authorKaramanis, D. T.en
dc.contributor.authorPakou, A. A.en
dc.contributor.authorStamoulis, K. C.en
dc.contributor.authorMantzios, A. S.en
dc.contributor.authorNikolaou, E.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T18:38:06Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T18:38:06Z
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/17279
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dc.subjectsoil ingestionen
dc.subjecttrace element transporten
dc.subjectradiocesium contaminationen
dc.subjectsheep milken
dc.subjecttransfer coefficienten
dc.subjectchernobyl fallouten
dc.subjectradiocesiumen
dc.subjectcs-137en
dc.subjecttransporten
dc.subjectpastureen
dc.subjectanimalsen
dc.titleRadiocesium Transfer to Sheeps Milk as a Result of Soil Ingestionen
heal.abstractSoil ingestion as a source of radiocaesium contamination to ruminants was studied by measuring the transfer coefficient to sheep milk. Eight lactating ewes, housed in individual metabolism cages, were used. Fifty grams per day of heavily contaminated sandy topsoil, collected in 1990 from the Chernobyl area, were administered orally to the animals for a period of 1 week. The daily dose intake in Cs-137 was 1835 Bq day-1. During this contamination period, daily milk production and excreta output were measured. The ewes were monitored for an additional 7 day decontamination period, while they fed on uncontaminated feed. Transfer coefficients were obtained through a best fit (minimum chi2) of the data to predictions of a linear compartment model. The values obtained were f(m) = (2.6 +/- 0.7) x 10(-2) and f(u( = (5 +/- 2) x 10(-2) days kg-1 for radiocaesium transport to milk and urine, respectively. These results suggest that soil ingestion can be a major source of radiocontamination for sheep and other free-grazing ruminants. Comparison of our results with soil-to-milk transfer coefficient values derived in two recent independent experiments suggests that there might be a strong dependence of radiocaesium availability on soil composition.en
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heal.journalNameScience of the Total Environmenten
heal.journalTypepeer reviewed-
heal.languageen-
heal.publicationDate1993-
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών και Τεχνολογιών. Τμήμα Βιολογικών Εφαρμογών και Τεχνολογιώνel
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