EFFECT OF CHRONIC IRRADIATION OF ~(60)Co-γ-RAY AT LOW DOSE RATE ON RHESUS MONKEY——EFFECT ON PERIPHERAL BLOOD AND TESTIS

The authors have demonstrated that after a long-term chronic irradiation of 2.17 rad/day for 2 months, the testis of the experimental monkey (Macaca mulatta) is extremelyatrophied with a loss of reproductive ability. But the effect on peripheral blood is notapparent even after irradiation for 57 months. It shou1d be noted that rhesus monkeys, being as sensitive to irradiation and similar inevolutionary steps as human beings, could be used as experimental animals to further studythe dose rate for aspermatogenesis, the morphological injuring effect on the reproductivesystem and the cytogenetic effect of irradiation, and this is highly important to working outa standard of promised dose of irradiation for X-ray workers and an index of radiationprotection monitoring.     

低剂量率~(60)Co-γ射线长期慢性照射对猕猴的影响——外周血象和睾丸的损伤与恢复

我们在前一项研究中曾用2.17拉德/天的剂量率长期辐照猕猴,在连续照射2个月时睾丸已极度萎缩,嗣后便处于完全绝育状态,而外周血象直至照射57个月,仍处于正常状态,与对照动物没有明显的差异,鉴于猕猴在进化阶梯上和电离辐射的敏感性方面,都与人类较为接近,所以进一步研究猕猴的绝育剂量率、生殖细胞形态学损伤以及辐射细胞遗传学效应,对制定放射性工作人员的允许剂量标准和辐射卫生防护监测指标,都是具有重要意义的。