title: RED CELL AND PLASMA RADIOACTIVE COPPER IN NORMAL AND ANEMIC DOGS.
abstract: Following ingestion of radioactive copper by the dog, the metal appears quickly in the plasma, the concentration reaching its peak in from 2 to 5 hours, after which it falls abruptly. Demonstrable amounts are still present after 2 days. The radioactive copper likewise appears rapidly in the circulating red blood cells, and there is a slow but gradual increase in its concentration over a 2 day period. It is suggested by the data that in the animals in which hematopoietic activity is accelerated the uptake of radio-copper is somewhat more extensive. The possibility that this is due to greater adsorption by the new red cells in these instances is not ruled out.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology and Radiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Bale