The development and testing of an intraruminal slow-release bolus designed to limit radiocaesium absorption by small lambs grazing contaminated pastures

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-115

  Beresford, N A ^a   Hove, K ^b   Barnett, C L ^a   Dodd, B A ^a   Fawcett, A R ^c   Mayes, R W ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium ferric hexacyanoferrate; Bolus; Chernobyl accident; Lambs; Radiocaesium

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM; CHERNOBYL; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032803514     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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