Lazariev, M., & Klepko, A.
(2023).
Evaluation of hematological and immunological parameters of blood in cattle with "iodine" pathology after the accident at TEA.
Biological Systems: Theory and Innovation,
14(1),
5-12.
https://doi.org/10.31548/biologiya14(1-2).2023.008
Biological Systems: Theory and Innovation
Evaluation of hematological and immunological parameters of blood in cattle with "iodine" pathology after the accident at TEA
Mykola Lazariev, Alla KlepkoAbstract
Information on the content of the natural stable element iodine (127I) in the radioactive contaminated areas of the Ukrainian Polissya and the impact of its deficiency in these regions on the physiological indicators of the cattle health status were analyzed.It is known that the most polluted areas of Ukraine belong to the Polissya zone, which is characterized as zones with a deficiency of nutrients in soils, including iodine. It is also well known that radioactive iodine plays a leading role in the radiation damage of biological objects in almost any nuclear accident when the products of nuclear fission enter the environment. This was the brightest in the history of nuclear accidents after the Chornobyl accident. Diagnostic signs and clinical picture of radiation damage to animals with radioactive iodine are well described in the scientific literature. However, in our opinion, not enough attention is paid to these issues in situations where radioactive iodine affects animal populations in provinces endemic for stable iodine. Also it is known that the main clinical picture of stable iodine deficiency in cattle are: short stature, low weight, low productivity, characteristic changes in the hair – curls, long hair, skin folds, bradycardia, scar hypotension, impaired reproductive function, disorders erythrocyte- and leukopoiesis. But when assessing the cattle health in radioactive contaminated areas during the acute period of the Chornobyl accident, researchers noted very similar signs. In active experiments with the artificial intake of radioactive iodine (131I) in different age’s cattle, we studied changes in the physiological state of animals under chooses doses of thyroid radiation and confirmed our hypothesis about the similarity of biological effects of iodine damage and stable iodine clinical picture. That why, screening of the main physiological parameters of animal health is the key to correct assessments of the degree of damage to animals by radioactive iodine isotopes
Keywords
stable iodine (127I); radioactive iodine (131I); radionuclide-contaminated area; thyroid gland; hematologic and immunologic blood parameters
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