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[Effects of gamma-irradiation on broiler-6 and Leghorn chicken]
N P Astasheva1, B N Annenkov, L K Khramtsova
1Russian Institute of Agricultural Radiology and Agroecology, Obninsk, 249030 Russia.
Radiatsionnaia Biologiia, Radioecologiia
|April 6, 2004
Abstract:
The influence of various doses of external radiation to survive, growth and productivity of hybrid broiler and egg-laying leghorn chicken was studied in comparative aspect. It was found that broiler radio-resistanse is 1.5 times higher than that of leghorns: LD50/30 of 10-days broilers is equal to 16.3 +/- 0.7 Gy, while LD50/30 of 10-days leghorns is equal to 11.0 +/- 0.9 Gy.

