A comparative assessment of the potential use of alginates and dietary calcium manipulation as countermeasures to reduce the transfer of radiostrontium to the milk of dairy animals

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-334

  Beresford, N A ^a   Mayes, R W ^b   Colgrove, P M ^b   Barnett, C L ^a   Bryce, L ^b   Dodd, B A ^a   Lamb, C S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginate; Calcium; Cattle; Milk; Radiostrontium; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034081925     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00086-2     Document Type: Article

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