Eye findings in goats during the 3 years after acute wholebody neutron and gamma irradiation.

Abstract

SummaryGoats which survived single whole-body exposures in the lethal range were examined at intervals up to 3 years after exposure. Only 2 out of 28 goats receiving fission neutron radiation showed changes in the lens. No radiation-induced lens changes were found after gamma radiation. The low incidence of cataract is similar to that found in dogs and primates exposed to fission neutrons and in human survivors from atomic bombing. There is a systematic change according to body size in the sensitivity of the lens to neutrons.