[Effects of irradiated wheat flour in the AKR mouse. I. Effects on longevity, morbidity and pathology]

Mouse of AKR strain were fed with wheat flour irradiated at 75.000 rads or with nonirradiated flour during their lifetime. In this first part were analyzed : bodyweight, morbidity, mortality, organ's histology. Were established : higher bodyweight in all animals fed with irradiated flour, this increase is statistically significant only in males and a longer time life in all animals of this group, this last difference is significant in females and in animals together without distinction of sex.