scholarly journals Distribution of cesium-137 in reindeer

Rangifer ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Rissanen ◽  
Tua Rahola ◽  
Pauli Aro
Keyword(s):  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Chernobyl Accident ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Reindeer Herding ◽  
Nuclear Bomb ◽  
Cesium 137 ◽  
Edible Tissues ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Meat Samples ◽  
Different Parts

The influence of the Chernobyl accident in 1986 on the Finnish reindeer herding area was much smaller than the effects of the nuclear bomb tests in the 1960s. Only in one small area somewhat more Cs-137 was deposited than in the rest of the reindeer herding area. From that area 20 reindeer were chosen for investigation of the distribution of Cs-137. All tissues, organs, the skeleton, digestive tract, hide, head and hooves were sampled quantitatively. Three reindeer were pregnant and also the foetuses were studied. The Cs-137 amounts were determined by gammaspectrometric measurements. The results showed that the differences in the Cs-137 concentrations between muscle tissue from different parts of an individual reindeer were not more than 10 percent. Thus it is not essential from which part of the reindeer meat samples for surveillance purposes are taken. The concentration of Cs-137 in edible tissues other than muscle was lower except in the kidneys and scapula cartilage.

‘Nature Has Its Own Soul and Speaks Its Own Language’

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-73
Author(s):  
Helena Ruotsala
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Reindeer Herding ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Finnish Lapland ◽  
The People ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Relationship

Nature and environment are important for the people earning their living from natural sources of livelihood. This article concentrates on the local perspective of the landscape in the Pallastunturi Fells, which are situated in Pallas-Ylläs National Park in Finnish Lapland. The Fells are both important pastures for reindeer and an old tourism area. The Pallastunturi Tourist Hotel is situated inside the national park because the hotel was built before the park was established 1938. Until the 1960s, the relationship between tourism and reindeer herding had been harmonious because the tourism activities did not disturb the reindeer herding, but offered instead ways to earn money by transporting the tourists from the main road to the hotel, which had been previously without any road connections. During recent years, tourism has been developed as the main source of livelihood in Lapland and huge investments have been made in several parts of Lapland. One example of this type of investment is the plan to replace the old Pallas Tourist hotel, which was built in 1948, with a newer and bigger one. It means that the state will allow a private enterprise to build more infrastructures for tourism inside a national park where nature should be protected and this has sparked a heated debate. Those who oppose the project criticise this proposal as the amendment of a law designed to promote the economic interests of one private tourism enterprise. The project's supporters claim that the needs of the tourism industry and nature protection can both be promoted and that it is important to develop a tourist centre which is already situated within the national park. This article is an attempt to try to shed light on why the local people are so loudly resisting the plans by a private tourism enterprise to touch the national park. It is based on my fieldwork among reindeer herding families in the area.

Cesium-134 and Cesium-137 in French honeys collected after the Chernobyl accident

Honey Bees ◽  
2002 ◽  
pp. 151-159
Author(s):  
J Dor√© ◽  
N Ben Ghouma-Tomasella ◽  
J Devillers
Keyword(s):  
Chernobyl Accident ◽  
Cesium 137

scholarly journals Determination of Chemical Content and some Physical Properties and Meat Pigments (Myoglobin, Meta Myoglobin and Oxymyoglobin) in Different Parts of Slaughtered Animals

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 302-319
Author(s):  
Khadeeja S.J. Al-Husseiny ◽  
Maryam T. Khrebish
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Water Holding Capacity ◽  
Fresh Meat ◽  
Ph Values ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Chemical Content ◽  
Meat Samples ◽  
Water Holding ◽  
Different Parts

The current study aimed to estimate the pigments of some muscles parts taken from cows, sheep and chicken (thigh, chest and back). The chemical content including moisture, protein, lipids and ash, as well as the pH and the water holding capacity have been evaluated. Results showed that the moisture differed among three animals with high percentage of moisture, ash and lipid in back in compared with other parts of cows. while significant difference in the percentage of ash of back with other parts and in protein in chest with other parts of sheep. The significant differences were recorded in percentage of ash of three parts of chicken, also significant differences between chest and back. The water holding capacity of fresh meat samples taken from thigh, chest and back of cows, sheep and chicken significantly differ among samples. pH values which reflect a confect in water holding capacity of meat samples taken from different parts of the body and from different animal. In addition, there was a significant differences in the percentage of the presences of myoglobin, metmyoglobin and oxymyoglobin in different samples taken from different parts of the slaughtered animals.

scholarly journals On the ability of calves to digest hay

1960 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-168
Author(s):  
Aarne Mäkelä
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Red Clover ◽  
Early Flowering ◽  
Flowering Stage ◽  
Different Parts

Three experiments have been carried out with altogether 16 Ayrshire calves in order to determine the digestibility of timothy hay cured at the early flowering stage and containing some red clover. The ages of the calves varied from 2 ½ to 9 months. Hay was given either totally or almost ad lib. Lignin was used as tracer. In experiment 1 the ages of the six experimental calves varied from 3 to 9 months. The calves aged 5—9 months digested hay equally efficiently when com-pared with each other. The youngest calf aged 3 months digested hay less efficiently (Table 1). In Experiment 2 the ages of the six experimental calves varied from 10 to 22 weeks. In the trial two control cows were also included. The calves aged 10—12 weeks digested hay less efficiently and the calves aged 4—5 months almost as efficiently as the control cows (Table 2). The ability of calves of the same age to digest hay was quite variable. Experiment 3 was carried out with four 7 months old calves. At the end of the trial the calves were slaughtered and the contents of the different parts of the digestive tract were weighed and sampled. On the ground of the analyses of the hay, the contents of the abomasum and the faeces, the digestibilities of N-free organic matter and N-free non-lignin organic matter in the proventriculi and in the whole digestive tract were esimated. The share of the proventriculi in the total digestibility of the said substances was 82—88 per cent (Table 3). The contents of the reticulo-rumen of the calves in Experiment 3 as well as those of younger calves aged 3 ½—4 months were weighed in connection with the slaughtering. The quantity of the contents in calves of 7 months was 30—40 kg and that in calves aged 3 ½—4 months 12—15 kg.

Oxyphencyclimine for peptic ulcer patients?

1964 ◽  
Vol 2 (21) ◽  
pp. 83-84
Keyword(s):  
Peptic Ulcer ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Gastric Secretion ◽  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Duodenal Ulceration ◽  
Anticholinergic Drugs ◽  
Prolonged Action ◽  
Selective Action ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Cholinergic Effects

Many antispasmodic and anticholinergic drugs have been shown to reduce motility and secretion in different parts of the digestive tract, but in doses large enough to be effective these drugs invariably produce side effects. Oxyphencyclimine (Daricon - Pfizer) inhibits gastric secretion in animals without the peripheral anti-cholinergic effects seen with comparably effective gastric anti-secretory doses of other anticholinergic drugs tested. 1 Studies in man suggest that oxyphencyclimine has a selective action on the stomach, 2 that it can relieve symptoms of duodenal ulceration, 3 and that it has a prolonged action.

Absorption of Magnesium and Other Macrominerals in Sheep Infused with Potassium in Different Parts of the Digestive Tract

1985 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1219-1229 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Wylie ◽  
J. P. Fontenot ◽  
L. W. Greene
Keyword(s):  
Digestive Tract ◽  
Different Parts

scholarly journals Climatic-change implications from long-term (1823-1994) ice records for the Laurentian Great Lakes

1995 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 383-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Assel ◽  
D.M. Robertson ◽  
M.H. Hoff ◽  
J.H. Selgeby
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Laurentian Great Lakes ◽  
Great Lakes Region ◽  
Lake Mendota ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Different Parts

Long-term ice records (1823-1994) from six sites in different parts of the Laurentian Great Lakes region were used to show the type and general timing of climatic changes throughout the region. The general timing of both freeze-up and ice loss varies and is driven by local air temperatures, adjacent water bodies and mixing, and site morphometry. Grand Traverse Bay and Buffalo Harbor represent deeper-water environments affected by mixing of off-shore waters; Chequamegon Bay, Menominee, Lake Mendota, and Toronto Harbor represent relatively shallow-water, protected environments. Freeze-up dates gradually became later and ice-loss dates gradually earlier from the start of records to the 1890s in both environments, marking the end of the “Little lce Age”. After this, freeze-up dates remained relatively constant, suggesting little change in early-winter air temperatures during the 20th century. Ice-loss dates at Grand Traverse Bay and Baffalo Harbor but not at the other sites became earlier during the 1940s and 1970s and became later during the 1960s. The global warming of the 1980s was marked by a trend toward earlier ice-loss dates in both environments.

On the role of experts: experiences from 35 years of Chernobyl consequences in Norway

2021 ◽  
pp. 014664532110109
Author(s):  
L. Skuterud
Keyword(s):  
Chernobyl Accident ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Reindeer Herding

The fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl accident caused dramatic and long-lasting consequences for parts of food production in Norway, and the indigenous Sámi reindeer-herding lifestyle and culture in central Norway was particularly threatened. Banning food production – or condemning food – was considered unacceptable in a long-term perspective, and huge efforts were made to develop mitigating options. Some of these are still in place, 35 years after the accident. This article describes some of the long-term efforts made by Norwegian authorities to attempt to alleviate the consequences for the reindeer herders. Every accident and crisis is unique, and this is true for the experiences in Norway. However, some of the experiences in Norway are likely to have universal value.

Cesium-134 and cesium-137 in honey bees and cheese samples collected in the U.S. after the chernobyl accident

Chemosphere ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1153-1157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie C. Ford ◽  
William A. Jester ◽  
Samual M. Griffith ◽  
Roger A. Morse ◽  
Robert R. Zall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chernobyl Accident ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Cesium 137 ◽  
The U.S
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