title: An autoradiogram of skeletal muscle from a pig raised on a farm within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
abstract: We utilized autoradiography to visualize radioactive contamination in the skeletal muscles of a pig raised within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the nuclear accident. The autoradiogram of control muscle showed relatively homogenous exposure. In contrast, the autoradiogram of affected muscle showed a heterogeneous and sporadically dense imaging pattern. Photo luminescence densities of the affected and control muscles were 3.89 ± 0.67 and 2.13 ± 0.43 PSL/mm(2), respectively. This difference indicated that radioactive cesium was distributed in the skeletal muscle of the affected pig.
authors.affiliation: Gifu University, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Kaita
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawano
authors.forename: Kazuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuhama
authors.forename: Chizuo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography / Q000662:veterinary; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D007564:Japan; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011197:Potassium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D011859:Radiography; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011197:Potassium Radioisotopes