Alteration of the Incorporation of Iodine-131 in the Chicken Egg

• Published in: Poultry Science
• Main Authors: Pena, H. G., Barth, K. M., Kessler, W. V., Plumlee, M. P., Christian, J. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1967
• Subjects: Articles; Bustad; kuikka
• Online Access: http://ps.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/46/2/426; https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0460426

IT HAS been reported that chicken eggs accumulate I-131 (Roche et al., 1951; Blanquet et al., 1957; Nozaki and Oshima, 1960; Okonski et al., 1961). There are no reports on the application of prophylactic or therapeutic agents to alter this incorporation. Several agents have been tested for use as either blocking agents or metabolic accelerators in other species. The effect of iodine carrier on the deposition of I-131 was studied in dairy cattle (Lengemann and Swanson, 1957; Lengemann, 1965), in goats (Reineke, 1961), in sheep (Bustad et al., 1958), and in guinea pigs (Graul et al., 1963). Potassium perchlorate was shown to be effective in blocking the uptake of I-131 by the thyroid of the guinea pig (Graul et al., 1963), and in reducing the I-131 content of milk in rabbits (Brown-Grant, 1957), rats (Grosvenor, 1963), and dairy cattle (Lengemann, 1965). Setala and Kuikka (1963) used pilocarpine nitrate to increase . . .