APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 7 - 4’7 “ ’-W ‘ $’ Jh “’ ‘ “v” ‘ --$ 7 - ‘ $ $ 1 - ---- s ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABOR UX3RY OFTHE UNIVERSITYOF’CALIFORNIA LOSALAMOS NEWMEXICO VERIREDUNW FIEO NUCLEAR EXELOSION 16 my 1945 Heelth Physics Report on Radioactive Contamination ThroughoutNew Mexico J -1- % —— —_— APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE PmLfGLYmm- WL --J#QE o-l A APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -2 ● 3 Xi 66 Cli ifoaS studios of qevmtsen ‘ ‘ graym aattle from 13ursum 31 I i - - -— _ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -3- tha Mwnogord-o mly 19450 - Ckp-te L’ 0 Jones 10 Xarch 1946 n APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - - - — ---- - - - -— ---- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ‘ ’ IM9 ammt -h- LA WAR - IN REFLY REFER TO UNITED NO -P- d -d - mp es serlosA-J DEPARTMENT STATES R SANTA cmslsh nf - -pam$ ENGINEER o Sex FS NEW OFFICE 15s9 MSXICO 31 July 1945 subject Trinity i “ 1 Pursuant to your request of 27 July that the health of persons in a certain house near bingh m L K be discreetly investigzted the“followinsreport is made - f - on 28 July determined 2 l telligencerepreseb tctives that the house in question is occupied by i G iiatliff his wife End a 10 year old crldson hll were tn good health and made no statement which would indicate that anything unusual had occurred in recent weeks 3 Ratliff raises only goats having a herd of approxifl ately head Tle coudition of the herd has Iiot changed dxring recent weeks’ 200 %j’j#JJi 1st Lt 9 Lcrps of Lwineers I ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE La “ indombna mo C2kac of 6mok63G Iw ck tti -bed for km %hy Awx APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -6Reading On road to Hot Canyon 0 022 00038 00022 0 020 ground waist ground waist 781A 00030 ground 00025 @rkiBt ’ 781 95 00027 00020 dhr o o 782 2 ground WEhm im f 0 025 0 029 0 026 PoiKLtoorrespondiqg to pro O @ 0 023 wious highest reading in Hot Canyon 0 032 SamQ plaoe bu% off roa O O 2 3’ “ 782 50 ground waist go ground waist At roadside 0 027 0 025 oft road 20’ ground 0 029 0 3027 ‘ ‘ waist 0 030 782 7 00027 grobnd waist on aml off road ‘ ground waist No more readings taken wh5 legoing in towards the house in the i%t canyon hemmer the following readings were taken on the way out 3 2 mi i frolnhowm 0s033 ground 0 023 mm just below housa - this rsadiag was oheoked APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 0 0013 ground 0 0018 waist r w e - PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR aware of nothing unusual unti3 the grandson returned home from di nghazs Iateti the afternoonO lie‘ad left rly in the morning presumablyby horses d rciaehedBingham Rt 9 00 Ald and learned of the explosion here By at nigh he missed mo$t Of the being at B ingham during tho day and indoors W@ heavy expQsure of the first Y iliff in ‘b “ht ‘an n” e ‘ r g ‘his ‘ay’ “ had spent most of the day outdoors but Mrs Rait3iff was indoors a large portion of the times During the following two weeks there was no change m their usual habits of oing indoors about 7 YO-8 00 0 ‘clock to dinner re- tiring after hearing the evening news broadoash heirh se and arisinC at bout 6 OO AMc is a well bui ttwo room adobe structure with thick %%116 about Iqtithiok and a tin roof supportedoa wooden raf%ers Tho house m sures about 25 x 15 feet i8 about 12 feet high and affo ds great protwtion ‘he tin’roof is used to collect water for the CiStarn below fiJ G d 8@0 8i 8 ’ of whioh s not earne but is presus %blyIW-250 barrel capaoi since others in the neighborhood are of this size %ere was rain in this area on the night after the dri g shot thismeans that some of the activity was carried into their water and may have been drunk on the following day and thereafter Th health of the inhabitants of tiiishouse has been g oodexcept complains of nervousaessa tightness in the chest and poor t t” w ‘ Rcitliff r te thO %hese are not nem appear to be in excellsnt heal h yard were taken “in the - ‘he animals goats -ln rrkeyss donbys s tOl Sa es of drinking water and oil from the hefollowing measurenonts were made in various locations ywds the nearby countryside ani in the house Yard Position 0 0z7 r ’hr gro ld waist 0 023 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 1 $ - Oai td cm a ’ 0 028 CL02q’ grcwnd mist Eiw3i’kion v“ 0 027 0 021 Waitlt IWaition VI 0 023 ‘0 022 Pesi %h lVlx doorstop 0 017 04013 Position VIII 0 028 b@hind lOUEle O osi ioh xx inside house @’Qwld ground waist ground Wi t ground wai6t O 00 r ’iar OcO@ law live here in a new adobe house with a double roofl They were mmkcmed by plane verhwad th i o g d tb teote The plane sounded to them a if it woreii iq distresee Shortly thereafter their bedroon lit up as iftiy a light sourm in the room wad dm”ing he blast that i’ollowed %he emtire howJe ci cHng shoak The fkmi lysaw the pink cloud from the bedroom window and tohed ‘flcmt very hi@a overhead The houm wm They Clres6@d it qdwer c outside within 0 minutes not damaged and their Cozmrwta tstems were wnharmed ghe o following measuremats were made on ’groundin front of store - 00008r unchanged and okay APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Hmpelwi m ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -9- The following is an received Gx3tirmixi by members of the Raitl MY Dose from Ground Period i’arni y in tihe hot Total DOSO Acoumul atxxi 32 2 Wks or the doee of’ 3J1’ KfE3 rLld iR’tiQll k7 4 wks l r 33 3 8 wks Iqr 31@o 49 0 12 Wh3 1qr 3444 b9 4 “Thetotal doses for eaoh two week fi eriod were d’erivedfron mms”urements of aotual radiatiim intensities in this region indicating initial intensities and rate of decay see Seotion The cioee for is given for a per kbinpehmm I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 10 mlsdo wmwt cO Sl ---—- I-C INTER-OFFICE hlO ___ 4 MEMORANDUM DATE TCl W FROM Of - cnoies QdP --- October 1945 4 Louis iIempLmann Capt T O Jones SUliiJECT Jter Zffectx of Final Test Shot on 12 September 19 45 represen%a%ives of this office under sui e pl’x 5X% visited the ranch of X C RATL1 F 7 tiles nor east of Llingham new Lexico The health of the members of ILLTEUWts famiky was excellenk and none had received medical at’ ntion Tn stook and poultry were reported in fine condition i 1 ““ “-- % ’ J Form 25 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE % APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -11- “ I-D - “ SU BJEC’2 RatI if’ffamily It was verbal1y reported to me in rch9 194 6that Lt Robemt A Taylor‘S agents had visited the Ratliff family and found them al1 to be in excellent healths Hempelmann ‘ “’ L f’ 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -12 Fart IT Clin ico athologictil Study of four cows from the IJaldaF%nch alledgeJly damaged by the nuclearexplosiotlIL Jul 1945 A Memo concerningori ina’1 claim filed 11 October 1$ 45 B Stewart report of preliwtnarv survey of’cattle on ranch 0 2e2 %nycm Vneep Co 6 November 19 45 P D ‘Jeiw- narianE eport#l 7 Piovembe$1945 Photograph w 16 26 akhologicalI eports Captain Roger G Metcalf 1 Summ -yo FathologyReport 33 2 Protocolof’gms and Microscopicpathologyof fou 35 cow ‘- G -k 20 HematologyReport - Ann a e Efckie “F FRe EOSSie Roanie LuLuj Oal@ oak 7 pat io og Report Yeterir aritit Report - 58 % 59 Letter concerningfutureautopsies X G Ttietcalf’ PhysicsBIeasurements -- Y 60 I osugeof’Beta Xadiaticn 1 Ilskimake based on biological damage Dr R Stone 2 Calculationsae to aotualbeta ray dosa e J G HoffYran F%mo concerningdispoealof cattle -- L Y Hempelmann ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 63 64 65 - - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 13 - II-A Memo TO TRINITY FIL13’ From L -IL dEMPELmNN $ubjeot Cattle Northeast of the Alamogordo Bombing Rmge A13edgwUy Damaged by the h uclearExplosion 16 July 19h5 On “Q Ootwber 194% a le$ter was written by Carrizozo attorn y to the onmsnding Offioer of the Alamogordo Air Base filing clainfor injury to cattle of the Red Canyon Sheep Company by the nuolear explosion 16 duly 19h% See files of Major Nevmombe for this letter r au-blpawln APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 11-B To Date 6 November 1945 ‘Yashing onHeadquarters “’ashipgtcn il C Froti AreaEngineer Col St ewart ‘ Clear Creek N M I ’ Investigation of claim of Red anyo Shaep ComP@ being conducted and ‘follovingis report of fin d ngsto date This informtlon was previously given to Lt Col Fr5edel at ak Ridge on telephme 1 Jiovm’oer Stewart Newcombj Eemplemann Thompsett and Chilcote visited headquarters of Red Canyon Sheep Compav on 31 October 1945 and talked to Louis Naldap presidents regarding claim of alleged damage to cattle as Tesult of atomic boub tes Gn sixteen July To General Groves f om Coi Stewart REF EIDM LA one ’itwiu be recalled cloud traveled in northeasterly dirsctivn and that certain area i townships four south and ranges six and seven east in Socorro County between Bingham and Chupadero mesa in southern part cf Cibola Natima 1 Forest weze reported by Col YJarren sgroup as being heavily contaminated due to settling Of dust Frt%cles nthis area- i’hese dust particles being products of the explosion Nalda statedthat he not iced about 1 August that cattle “grazingon t t portion of his range -inthe heavily contaminated area had lost tiir along the back and over tinenips extending down about one third on the side Nalda re rtedthis cond tion grew generally worse with blistering to the bare skin on the cattle being visable until about the middle of August after which time the cattle appeared to improve generally and the hair started growing back appeared h However in the new hair considerable amount of white hair the red hair giving a roan appearance to previously normally red areas Nalda felt that this condition was result of the test as he statedthe cloud traveled i northeasterly direction fromtha test site aridbecause of the time he first noticed the condition which iS abncr l for range cattle in this part of the country Inspected three hundred and fifteen cattle Nalda d ti the corrals which includes all his cattlethat graz in Ene contaminated - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE PIUS a few head that grazed APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 1 -2- f her to the east in an area whichaccordirg toNalda none of the cattlethere were affected Out of the three hundredfifteencattleone hundredand thirtysix ho edvisualeffects In this regardfifty two calvesborn priorto date of test showed roan effectson back and sides howeveraccordingto Nalda calves did not Lo ehair and have bare spots but when wicter coat grew in white hairs were present inking areas appe r roan in color which is not norml Nalda stated other cattle- men having cattle in the general ar eawhich coincides with reported area of heavy contaminationhave experienced the same condition in their cattle These cattle- men being principally T’ R Coker Bursum Qattle omp nyand Harvey Cattle Company o possibly ray have more cattle affected than Red ‘Mnyon Sheep Company Nalda also advised that rancher ne radobs on the Binghatiarrizozo road has a black cat ‘ whic was effected and now has white streak down its back Purchasec from Kaida cm 31 October two cows sho ng worst effects still having bare s ots with possible ulceration and one cow with hair partly Jhi%z ro m back over affected area and cne cow with ntivisuai effects These cows are n@w at Los Alamos fcr pathological study by Dr Hemplemr n Present plans in accordance with instructions forwarded by Col Friedel basetion determination wde in conference at Oak Ridge of General are as follows A Dr Grovesj General Farrell ICOZ Nichols and Col ““ arren Hempelmmn to complete study on four covrsno-wat Los Alamosas rapitiy as possible to determine extent of damage if any and to find out whether particles from the cloud could cause such a condition in the cattle that ray have been exposed P Stewart to ccuplete surv yof cattle of otner ranches in area tc determine extent of condition in eneral C Ste#art to purchase all cattle showing visual affects at carrmt market prices a d ship to Col Hocigson at Oak Ridge Stewart and Newcolubleaving Los Alamos this date to contact ranchers having grazing land in heavy contaminated area to determine numt erof cattle involved and to make preliminary arra lgeuentsfor purchasingand shipping cattle In accordance with I instructions Plan to return to LOS Alamos ti t- oor three daY$D StanleyL Stewart Lte CO1O CE I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE — ‘ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 2 REPORT OF INSPECTIONOF RANGE CATTLEOF RED CANNON SHEEP CO INC k f By R E Thompsett Captain V C Report #1 ii k 1 P i A physicalexaminationof the cattleand young stock on the Red CaqronSheep Compa raneh dxteen 36 miles northwestof Carrisozowas made October31 by Dr -LouisHempelmann the undersigned All animals were beef-typeanimalsreportedlyfrom registeredHerefordstock - A8 understoodby the undersignedto have been stated Mr Nalda Managerof the Stock Company ‘Late in July and eaily in August about fifty percent 50% of the animalspasturedin a eertsin area of his range land were noted to be losinghair and havingblister-likelesionson theirbacks The animalspasturedin this area were ma5nlycows with sudcing calvesand a few bulls The cows were noted 8t that time to have the most seriouslesions The calveswere O Y slightlyaffectedtitsoon afterwards turnedgrey particularlyon theirbacke As the lesionshealedon the cows grey hair appearedas the new hair oama in Two bulls turnedgrey Some cattleownedby differentrancherswere reportedto be turning@by about the same time n g $ I % 1 ’ r 1“ It is interestingto note Mr Nalda’sconceptionof the malady @A cloud of smokewent over this pastureland early in July in the area where these cattlehad been pmtured ” His conceptionof the diseasedanimalswas that it might be due to this smoke He conotedthat he had given the animals littlethoughtuntil he d he d the news of a largeexperimentalexplosion in that localityand then comlated that episodewith troubleIn his herd Mr Nalda statedthat a friendof his who had once undergoneX-ray treatment on his face had a similargreyingexperienceon the hair of his f’aoe EXAMINATIONAT TEE RANCH The animalsbought for examinationwere all animalspasturedti the ptic ar loc ity They were dis@ayed M four groups OUp I Eighty ight- 88 cows Of these cowstwenty-one z were noticeablygrey on a hurriedexamination Group II One hundred-andsixteen 116 drY cows Of these sixtYone 61 animalswere noticeablygrey Group III One hundred andfive 105 calves fl” esefiftY-two 5 ani mals were nott eablygrey Group IV TWO 2 balls Thesewere both noticeablygrey In all about forty-threepercent 43% of the threehundredand eleven 311 animalspssturedin this area were noted to be grey In generalthe apparance and”attitudeof all animalswas excellent A close examinationof the skin of severalanimalswas made and the skin seemedto be very normalas to thickness textureand generalhealth Although the dorsalsurfaceof the affectedanimalswas grey they en”oyeda heavyand is made for two 2 animals These normal wintercoatingof hair Ehcception APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -17APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -2two 2 cows still suffered from alopecia on the flat dorsal surface of the back That area may be noted in the accompanying diagram as the red area The area of alopecia in these two 2 cows is noted to be slightly thickened and crevioed as to be de drated The backs of these same animalswere noticeablysore and to have recentlyhemorrhaged It was noted that if the cows were effected their calf was affected also If the dam were not affected e calf was likewiseunaffected A few cows that were affectedhad clavesat their sides that were unaffected The writer inquiredwhen the ranch last castratedand brandedcalvesand Mr Nalda statedthat it was late in June The undersignedthus derivesthe opinion that the calvesin the fetal stagewere unaffected The undersignedhas attemptedto displaythe areas being affectedin these animals @ the acccmqxmyingdidgrem The red area in the diagramis most in tenselygray exceptin those two 2 animalsdescribedabove where’lesions were still noted The blue denotesgrey areas of less @tensity Ordinarily greyhalr is definedas beinga dispersementof white hair withimhafi-of anothercolor The writerdesiresto speci that some of the hair was entirelywhite dispersedwithinthe red hair while part of the individualhairs were tippedwith white while the base of the hair was a normalred color The uncoloredarea in the diagramwas foundto halvelittleor no grey hair involvement One gray calf that was closelyexaminedwas found to be grey in all areas However the diagrampicturesthe averagecase It my also tistatedthat Herefordshave white faces necks atd underparts which make the deteotionof” affectedareas difSicult CLINICALSXMPTOMS Four animalswere purchased and transportedto the StationVeterinaryHospital These animalswere$ 1 Bad ’ affectedcow with lesionson back 2 same 3 Ariaveragegray cow 4 A oow unaffectedand pasturedin an entirelydifferentlocalityof the range Superficialand deep-scrapings have been made on all animalsnoted under cliriical symptoms To date no evidencecan be shown as to a parisiticskin condition trichophytosis sarcaptic psoropticor ohorioptic e or @iCulosis DIWNWIS For the ease”ofthe reader the writer widertakesthe dtignosi$ by the processof elimination 1 Parasiticskin diseasesare eliminateddue to lack of microscopic findingsalongwith an atypicalhistoryati le$ion8 2 Generalalo cia maybe eliminateddue to the Uck of a know predi6Pasitism fieut$o ’s posing cause such as -lautiitiOn tibr - ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE sltk -3- 3 diseases or metallic poisoning In reported case histories of general alopecia the new hair has never been reported to be white t Ligh sensitiz8t’iOn may considered in a certain respect However a typical case of ‘light sensitization causes a superficial necrosis of the white areas of the skin after exposure to the sun in animals that have been Itsensitized”to light by eating certain legumes namely clover and buckwheat In parallel to tkis disease the writer brings attention to the work of Hausmann Bcoihem Zeitg 1914 76 309 He found that ceitain pigments in the blood especially hematoporphyrinand artificial fluorescent substances ‘sensitizet’living cells to light Quoting Udall 1936 123 WIn Europe it has been observed that feeding buckwheat is followed by toxic symptoms in animals that are white or have white markings tl Our case is different from this in that the areas affected were not areas of white hair 4 A final diagnosis is not being made by the undersigned at this time i I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE $m-- “ s o ’ i “ “’ ’ ’ 7 5 i-’’7q” u 1 - ’ 1’ ‘1 I ’ ’ 1“ I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ’ ’ II APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -o---- I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - ‘-- -- ‘- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 0 0 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE o APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ● 0 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - — -- -- ---- ------- - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -26IX-B HEMATOLOGY REPORT ONFOLW COW The first grocp of three cows allegedly d aged by the nuclear explosion 16 July 19b5 was brought to this site for study l ovexiber 1945 One normal cow Okay Beak was included viiththis group for purposes of reference The blood cou tsof the COW Kay Doak were essentially normal S cor pared with the textbook description of the blood counts of normal COWS This cow had arked eosinophilia never less than 20 percent and on one occasio -34 percent Th sseems to indicabe an infestation of worms The white count varied between 8 000 and 10 000 cells per cubic millimeter The lymphocfle court was about 35 Perce t of ich le s than 2 Percent contained neutral red granules The red ccunt was 8 02L 0 0 cells per cubic rilliii eter The gross ap emance of the sternal marroflP s nor ml Macroscopic examination revealed an qdequate number of r egakaryocytes gxcqt for the increased number of eosino hils the marrow ap eared norual About 25 percent of the granulocytes were ecsinophilic in type The blood counts of the cow Lulu elle iver%i’airlyncrwd--a red count of 7$OJJ 000 cells per cubic millimeter and a white count of S 200 cells per cubic milli eterof wriich 25 percent were lymphocytes Twenty percent of the ly r phocytes contained neutral red granules On gross examination the sternal marro appeared contained normal with many clumps of white cells iicrosco icallythe bone marro- v sonlefat globulesj but otherwise seemed norral The blood count of the cow Roanie seemed to be abnornal with a white 1 count of abcut 3503 cell per cubic millimeter 2L percent to 35 percent of which 1 1 werz lyin hocytes T ’i snty perce tof the l zphocytes conta ned neutral red granules The red count was between 6 s00 090 and 7SOOOjOO0 cells per cubic millimeter The on microscopic examination gross ag earance of the sternal marrow was normal” howeverj the marrow was szen to contain only very fe icells These did nox appear I 1 in CIUZIFSbut were scattered over the preparation There we re a great many fat APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -m- -2globules There seemed to be a very definite hypoplasia of the marrow TM blood counts of the cow Ilessie were the most abncrrml of all The red count ‘TJSabout 6jOOOSOO0 cells per cubic millimeter but the cells appeared macrocytic The white count was about 3 000 cells per cubic millimeter of which 30 percert and on one occasion SO percent were lymphocytes Many of the lymphocytes vereyoung some showed two nuclei The abnormal Iymphoc@ ea containirig neutral red granules constituted about 20 percent of the total The sternal marrow appeared ncrmal on gross examination but was conyosed chiefly of fat globules only The clwi ps a fe’ CIU nps of narrow ells could be found on the entire preparation consisted mostly of nucleated red cells ‘l’here were infrequht scattered white cells This seemed to indicate a wre def -nitehypoplasia of the marro vthan any of the others The number of platelets of the three abncrual cows a peared to be slightly hit herthan normal There were nc reticulocytesseen on any of the normal or abnormal preparations In al decrease in primitive cells of the four sternal rrarrows there seemed to be a It should be menticned that the abcve blood stucies wer done struggling ani als l’hismy - on excited have raised the total white blood count 15 November 19 h3 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ‘ HEMATOLOGICAL RECORD --- NAME _ _ __ — — RBC DATE — u-g - _ 55 U-7-M ‘ GMS 5 -2 d - —- -lM I X - — I RETIC l 1 ——— —_ X2dti 0 -275JM ue T bs - _o_ _ill - —-— PIL __ 1 1’ IIoaK ——-— --— WBC PLATELETS Ikay 1 _ - – II Izlnf rz Ks –--------–- -l- ______ JM fw_- _7-- _7 _ 931000 _ —— - _______ 1 - - __________ T u-16-45 -2 22 _ _ 8 Q8_ 1 —- Average o M MJ2 W _-– -– U 9 _ ___ _7@ L _ – o-- –- Bess e I lulu Average — II ‘Roanie -L ‘ - –— — _–_ 7 12 — i -_ – ‘“---” –- ___ - _–- — _ - - __ 1----II -b5_ _ _ _ — i –—- ---------— ——— — —-–– – ——— ‘ 1 326 000 _—— ——_ ‘ -4s2°1 SUPR VITiL MUWMX6 I — 47 I I 11 7— 0 k%ooo —8 07L I I 1 3 M -t II --I “--–--– t ‘-- - ‘--’1 --- __y -‘_-_ __ _ ’- ““-””” “-- — — STAIN I — $ bATE 11- 5 11-7-L$ _ 11-16-l J5 Average Bessie Ulu Average k e– FDRM 2C1 14 -2 S6 --k-t--- 3 7 1 2 I 5 7 i ‘ ‘i 47 2 ii 30 7 ___ _ 0 7 ____ ______ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE — -— —-- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE HEMATOLOGICALRKORD — - 1 RBC DATE GMS 70 --’ 4 1 U-10-45 1200 6 cIT - 1 _ _ — — i– ‘“” 11-17-45 1 II -11-I — ‘-– Iltihc mo - T_l l 053 000_ — I M h –-T- — ‘ 12 6 7 19 “ -- ““” ‘ --—–– iverage —-l ———— - — --- I1 105 OCO 0 -- -----0 7 85 PLATELETS RETIC —— __ _T_________ — —— S E’’VIT 4L x STAIN DATE 11-6-45 11-10-L5 - ——— — _ _ 11-12-45 U-17-45 6 I _ — — Average 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 79RM 201 1 1 2 46 — ---- — APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE HEblATOLOGICAL RECORD NAME I 1 DATE RBC —_ _ % GMS RETIC PLATELETS MF-5-45 6 5’8 1 _ — - I 10 9 o 974 000 — 11-7-45 6 58 -- —7 11 2 __ 0 1 198 000 — _ 3$5’50 7 OO 0 1 036 JX 3 425 ‘lq —- - Average 6e72 I 11 7 ____ 5 753 -——- —— ‘ 11 3 —0 l------- – — — — Volume T_ - 1$069 000 4 243 _ – 11-7-45 -- i l K% _ - -“ 1-‘-----‘—----—-– _T---- — _ 36 5 — ——_ — W4mHRs ___ l-5-45 — — 5 _-j – — jL —-- _l —— ___ — _ -“ _ _ _ — 1l - _ 1 __ - - _ –II— -------- — I 1 ——--- --—--— ——— — — STAIN — — -— DATE - _ _ 1 ——— — 35 5 T_ i _ I ● -p “ ———— ----L I— - I- WBC — 11-1745 —C%A oanb — EOS __ _ _ 11-17- J _____ — Average —-—___ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE __________ 8 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE HEMATOLOGICAL RECORD NAME —- — GMS “ I ETIC PLATELETS ‘ WBC 7 9 — ‘ 7“81 lodlll I 1 1 26 000 5 275 0 _ ‘--”-”T” p L-”--”” YQlu rM 36 - --—-- -”- -- --—” - – ______ T 7–-”-”-” _xL _ — — --2745YOO0 o 1 - _59A5L- a l ‘%--7 u-6-4L_ - -——— —— — — ——_ --1- 1 RBC DATE Lulu Belle “ _______ ‘–”” I — 7 L$ __ L11 2 _ O I 4 8 000 I — — 5 36_3 —- - -- – L —— Jd w I SW’RkVIT LYYRWII s STAIN —- Eos DATE BAS I 11-6- - — PMN MYEL META j - II STAB SEGS – LYMPHOCYTES SMALL ——- -T- -’ IN7 ——— MONOCYTES YoUNG ACT 1 I I YOUNG ‘ I REMARKS ST M — I Granules 24Z _ - U-L344 5 32$ ——— – ‘-” - –”” ‘- -— — ’ ——–— ‘1 — i — ‘1 –— —ii APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - — —1 “ ’ I - - —--- — —-— — -— —— — — - ——— -—- — APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 32 CELL VOLUliE IW CCL NT HEMOGLOBIN MEAN M N 50RP cow VOLU1 Bessie 42 7 19 12 6 Hemoglobin 58 4 CU 17 5YV i-mN cm HB CCNC 39 0% microns 16 8 Vr 30 9% “Rc nie 36 5 6 72 11 3 54 3’ Lulu 36 7 M 1102 48 3 Average 38 5 7 12 11 7 53 6 16 L Vy 30 6g M 94 56 6 18 7 Vr 31 1% Okay “Doak ‘ 14 9 1 31 1% ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 1 1 I I I It seems very unlikely PrOV5 dingthe snim lssuffered en acute wrposure the t the bone marrow woul i not heve retln-nedcomplete to normal after four months For jchrc nicexposure one mj ht guess thct the bone msrrow could be denre $ed”a fterf’our months For rets bei ngchronically irra i ted the bone marrow remains cel lu7 s r e tdeath This is not true for do s and wi-nea i s CUT available datz for this statement has not yet been completely evaluated In my opin on based on the tud of the fou- cows prese ted above a d with reference to considerations concernh -”hunzns c move 1 The remaininq cows wi 1 l I I i ✼ 1 I 2 If fed a normal Eiet the’remaining cows will continue to live 3 The ani ird r SIIOWno tiirectevidence of having been exposed to irre cli ation The %kin lesions offer the only indir6ct evi$e ce t h t they nwy hw be n exno - dto irre iation The epilde s reeswi 1 nro uce feVih i rsbecsu sea l hairs an fol 1 i cles are not S bcolntel y bcent in the ex-vln f Cotmlete reb@rn of the hair in all re io ny probability w5 1 l not OC Children whose seal@ have “’ heed of hair return been epilated usually have a full have qone without greying in three months These nimp 1 s four months without evidence 0$ even an attempt at return The absenceof follicles in areas is further evidence that growth is unlikely Doses only a little above the therapeu c ‘ ‘ to be fertilee ● epilationin childrencan cause permanentepilation ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ‘ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -34- - fO1’humms is 625 r at the ovsxy over a five dq perio$ end mode Ofiilw - $k C-nt-ig I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ‘“ C r APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE BODY The body is thatof a well developed and n@ idlyundernourishedHereford cow about fcxoand one-half years of age and’weighing approximately900 pounds Over the back of the aniu@ there are extensive irre@ar areas of the skin which zre almost completely epilatkd In these irregularareas the skin itself is very dry crusted and ‘scaly A few brown and gey hairs do appear even in the most severely affected portions The lesions posteriorly over the rump and anteriorly on the left do not appear quite so severe and there is more hair present in these regions There is a mi%ture of brown tirdgrey hair ‘“ Perfwherally from the epilate8 cruste6 areas there are large numbers of WeY hairsmixed with some brown hair This veyi q viewed from a distance gives one the impression that a l yer of dust has settled upon the animal It extends faintly upon the head and ears along the dorsum of the neck back over the rump and downwards as far as the greatest diameter of the abdominal ‘bulge Along this line there is a s prisin@y sharp demrkation between these greyln ha rs and the normels See chart drawn by Caut Thompsett Many of the hairs towards the periphery of the greying are whitened only at the hair ti z q%ese partially grey hairs are mixed with those which have a completely grey shaf% and those which”are normal The skin under these non-epilated regions does not appear grossly abnornal ‘ Section of the skin reveals it to be S cm in thickness at the site of epilation site of greyi ng and normal areas There is no subcutaneous scarring The cross section of the skin except for the lack of hair fid scsles a yxms shnilar in’all sections Over the ventral region of the belly there are two small eptlated areas measurin yabout l lt x 4 ” The skin in these regions is e little thickened r ised rm scaly Such lesions are considered to be normal and are attribut ablzto local irritation caused by lyin down There is fre in ion over the carotid”on the left throuyh which the anim lwas bled The method of ki lin by exsanguinationexplains the bloodless tissues heblooi c ots readily on the floor ‘There is a small bullet hole in the forehead It was necessary to’shoot the animal when ’ the blow on the head did not stun it completely The eyes and mucous membranes of the zouth are no% remarkable There are no netechiae or ulceratetiareas An eye is taken for examinationof the ’ lense Upon section from the ucc erto the zyphoic the mbcwtaneous ‘fatis yresent but DOtIabundant The er tonealcavity does not contain fhkid The surfaces are smooth an shin -without petechiaee The principle features are the Ie rffe uterus and tinetremendous normal stomachrn The right cornu of’the uterus contzins a livti fetus estimated to be about three to fo months of age” Capt Thompsett -- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE “ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC -36- RELEASE -Page 2- The rest of the viscera-are in normal position The pleural and nericardial spaces do not contain fluid There are no petechiae Measures 81 x @Jt HEART 1580 grams There’isa moderateamount of epicardial fat Over the epicardial surface there are stredcs of greyfaintly outlined agai’nstthe dark brown myocardium Upon section the chambers appear normal The endocardium has a delicate grey cast The valves are not abnormally thickened They are not distorted The right ventricular wall measures about 3 4 0in thickness The lkft ventricular wall measures about 1 3 4 in thic ess- There are no qcars The coronary vessels are patent without calcification The aorta has a slightly wrinkled endothelial surface with most of the 1 striation beirg in a lat eraldirection LUNGS Weight 7 lbs The lungs are fiT in color light and fluffy The trachea and bronchi are normal They do contain a small amount of fresh stomach contents There is no hemorrhage no unquestionablyaspirated at time of sacrifice 1 petechiae LIVER Weight S lbs Measures 18n x 10’ x 3tL ‘ It is deep ebony brown in color The capsule is not thickened Upon section the brown smobth surface and the lack of blood ‘nakeit difficult to outline liver lobules There are no abnormal ffndfigst The gall bladder is t n walled contairis300 c of bile d has smooth mucosa The bile ducts are not dissected A section of liver is taken for the determination of radioactivity SPLEEN Weight ’365grams easuresabout 13W x 4 x In The organ is’flat and thin It is plastered firmly against the stomach The capsule is tough and grey Upon section thb surface is deep red with a sprinkling of a large number of small grey dots $n o%- the heavy trabeculae The pulp ’doesnot scrape away readtly upon the hife A section is taken for the determination of radioactivity PANCREA5 Normal in appearance The lobulations with a r dcenter are distinct Islets are not identified KIDNEY Right - 335 grams 6 x3 x211 -277 amss 6n x3 xl 3 4 a Left The surface is smooth and lobulated There i only lasmall amount ofperinephri fat The capsule strips readily leaqng asrnooth red brown lobulated The striations normal surface Upon sectionthe co ex aPllears qprmal me regular and the “glomeruliappe- as tinyjssrlded reddots The pelvis and Calyces are normal The uret@r bladder is riotopened c is not opqn I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE to tb ‘ bladder The ‘ ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ‘ I L ‘ ’ $ 1 “ ‘ImSsm —— Normal ig size and shape The cut sqface presentsa dull grey medulla and deep brown cortex No evidenceof hemorrhage The organsweigh ‘“ ‘ 12 grams ovARms Left - $’grElms ’ ‘“ Right-3 grams Left ovary presentsa@rge yellow corpus luteum which accounts for most of the mass The riglit ovaryupon section presents several small yellow areas and small fluid containingcysts ‘ I UTERUS The uteruscontainsa smallviablecalf The cotyledonsare normal’in appearance The calf weighs 400 grams “It is estimated to be about three to fcnxrmonths of age Length - $ width at thorax - l ’ height at thorax - 2 overall height - 51t ’ head pole to nose - 3n head width - l Except for the stomach this is opened entirely Sections are taken from thestotiach which of colursecontains a tremendous-amountof food in various stages of digestion in the various compartments There are no ulcers in the large or small bowel There is no blood inthe bowel ‘i’here is one area in the small bowel which has a multitude of’l cm grey raised areas with a depressed pink center These are pres ed to be normal lyqphoid collecti otis and sections are taken - These are abundant in the mesentery peripancreaticregion and pul mon hilus Those in the axillary and cervical regions are not examined The abdominal nodes are very long tth a deep blackish brown center and a yellow qrey cortical re ion ‘l’he pulmonary nodes are a homogeneousgrey LYMPH NODE BONE MAR-low There is no red femoral marrow It is entirely fat The sternal rib and vertebral marrow are red in color Sections o feach are”taken Spotty epilation and scalinq skin of back Abfiormalgrey$ng of hairs on back and sides Preqnancyj estimate three to four monthsQ” s l epilated thickened mea chronic on ent ra ’ abdomen t aumatj-c 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 38- -Page 4- 1 I I g 1 - Autolyied sal bladder mucosa ‘Tissuelost 1 2gL9 91 p y- EFM2 3 3 17 Some blood cells in sinusoids Considerable ni ment in sinus macronhn qes Sternum ———— abundant nerhaps Cells increass in zt over sli ht l v that of the less t r n contlro The red z ndwhite series re bout eaual y in the contrul ip lesser numbers fill rmny o fthe rlarrovs“oe ces Tlegaka yocytes epresent zrtit ’hf dist ribntion0 red 2nci‘ ”wt’eCells is about equal Taken alone one coald mot consider this an abnormal mrrow #l Normal e #-Jg opha s normale Whese eke pieces of bone carried in with the saw APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - - - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -n- BESSIE — PART II ‘ MICROSCOPIC SECTIONS -Page 5- $2- 2 ● J #uu Autolyzed LARGE BO TEL “ $771 A d Colon- ith large lymph follicles - normal OVARY #“’13 a Coqus luteumo 26 Normal ‘THYROIII No section SKIN s if-x At site of trauma on belly - sltghtly thickened corium hair” J liclesO NO A Epilated area Obviously not completely epilated There are a few normal follicles ‘There are vestiges of glands Some atrophic follicles md glands ” Corium is thickened There is no increase in pigment B Normal skin — — — No follicle atrophy Cori thin Small amount of pigment in basal cells w C Area — — of meying Not particularly remarkable ‘“’Arare atrophic follicle is present Corium thin with some pigment g 1 Skin over belly has area of subacute inflaqmkt iop Tljdre$s a slight decrease of follicles Deep down growths qf pit lium j” “ I Dissecting microscopic examination of the skin ’ “ ““ 1 ’ Normal portion of skk s’ikilarto that describe for”Ok@y Doak s I “2e The normal grey hair’over abdomen ad a ale’shdf’l thout evidence of a distinct central core ’i ’ ‘Y 1 1 I 3 Grey hair on back There was a de re@e in’thelnqber of hairs M occasionalbroken sticlqdried $p tdea$u ed hi$rwas present The $%ilbsqat tha hair ends were’fa l pe$h sa li%tle “ The”eey ed pi ‘ collapsed jin-comparison with the n$ 1 l fl ‘“ hairs tedd to have a d@c central $”core% TF i ’ ’ 1 Epilated area Almo$t no hair n j bi “ ti %d tie A-f%W Old Ibrokea@led ‘dead@ Mire wit $ bulb$ #m @a$wc ” ’ ej $y ‘h ires nt witha ut b O ‘Ii ‘ 1 - - - - --- ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE “ I ’- - 1 - “ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -40 BLSS -F —2- - -Page I- PART II MICROSCOPIC SECTIONS - n of’back Spotty ep l ati onskj 9 l bnorm greyirryof hairs on back and sfd ezwith sliqht decrease in norr alnumber of hairs ‘ Prernancy Sm 11 enilateti th ckene$ zrea of skin on ventral abdomen traumatic c’hronice APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE _ — ---- - —--- -’ --- —--— --- --—-- - — — 1’ I L’ - —-—----------- - -w - 1 ‘ROANIE — $ —— T------–--”””” T’ OLo yR poR i “’ ’ ‘“ ”” —-- -- L by R G lUETCAIF -------- ------ 5’ - -- - — --------------- ” ———— - i’l I w BOIX ‘Thebody is that of a well developed undernourishedM#ord cow about eight or nine yezrs of age and v ei @in approximately850 lbs The he ron tineback from the rump to the tips of the ears when viewed from a ciistance ayoezrs a thou-h 5 layer of’ lne dust had settled upon the animal On closer fns ection this is found to be rewesented by many Erey hairs mixed in with the normal redbrmn hair l’his qreykg extendsover the side of the animl as far as the gre $est diameter of ‘theab omirm 1 bul qe lonqaline which extends from the mi enter50r thiflh at eral center of the ab$nm enand mid rear %hiRh there is a prominent debarkation of normal hair below the M ne and an abnormal greying above it See ch rt drawn by Ca t ‘1’homset which qives the regions affected anfit h mle tive severity of t eprocess described for these re qions At ‘ ‘theperiphery there me sone hairs with qeyin of the tips of the hair the rest of the shaft bein’qbrown This phenomena is not so prominent in this antmal as in the other two affected cows The skin beneath these areas of greyin doe not seem to be abnormal There is no sce rtissue and no’abnornel thjckentn or thinning of the skin Over the ventra resion of the belly there are two small epiliated areas measuring about x 3 inches The skin Tn these regions is a little thickened Such lestons are consitieredto be norml and are attributable rei eti and scal y to 10CZ1 irritation cause by lying down There is a fresh incision over the aarot idon the left through which the animal was ble The method ofkilling by exsan winationexplains the bloodless tissues ‘theblood clots Tea ily on the floor There is a small bullet hole in the forehead It was necessary to shoot the animal when the blow on the head did not stun it completely The eyes anfimucous membranes of th mouth zre not remarkable There are no petechiae op ulcerated are $ The lense is removed from the left eye It is crystal clear Upon section from the udder to the $yphoid the subcutaneousfat is present but not abundant The peritoneal cavity does not contain fluid The surfaces arc smooth and shiny without petechiae The principle features are the large uterus and the tremendous normal stomach ‘i’he rflqhtcornn ’of the uterus contai p s a livin fetus estimated to be about three months of age Capt Thomset HEART There is an abundance of epicardial fat On the epicardial surface there are several small petechiae There are a few strea sof greyoVer the epicardium Uppn section the chambers appear normal ‘i’he endo”cardiumhas a delicate qrey cast The valves are not abnormally thickened They are not distorted The right ventricul e r wd 1 u e asures $ The left ventricular wall 1 3 41t There is no scarring The coronary vessels are patent without calcification The aorta has a slightly wrinkled eqdothel%al surface with most of the striations bein in a lateral djrectiona APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ‘ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ’ - - IwArb -Page 2- LUNGS W@ight 6 lbs They are pink and air-containing without pleur l petechiae The trachea and broncht are normal x lon x y Weight 7 lbs 1 711 he– iver iS deep ebony brownin color The cepsul eis not thickened Upon section the browh smooth surface and the lack of blood make it difficult to outline liver lobules There are no abnormal finfincw ‘ The pall bladder The bile is thin-walled contains 30Clcc of bile and h a Srnoofjh ducts are not dissected A section 5s taken for the determination of of liver radloactivitye uc a SPLTEN ‘Jejght282 yms 1211x 1 x l tt the stomach The or w 5s flat and thin It is ple tered firmly against The caps e i touch and grey C@on section the surface is deep red with a sprinkling of a large number of small grey dots among the heavy traticulae The pulp tioesnot scrape away reatiilyupon the knife A section $7 taken for-the determination of ra ioactivity a re8 center are dtstfnct Normal in a pysrance The lobul t on@wi t Islets are not identified Right - m s 611X t x 3 1 11 Left - 2X yms 5 Jtx 2 3 41 x 2q The surface is smooth ’trod lobu hte$ There is only a small wnount of perineghric fat ‘Thecapsule stri s rea8il -lezvjny smooth red-brown l obul te normal surface Upon section the cortex pnearsnormal The striations are regular and the glomeruli appear as tiny sanded reF dots ‘T’he pelvis is normzl however at the ti s of a Calyx in both kj dneysthere is a soft tan mulberry shapped stone about 1 - 2 mm in di wuete There i no locel j zed reection or voss evidence of bloeka e The ureter is not openec t othe bl edder The b ac der is not opened ADRENAL IloTmalin size arlt shqe The cut surface presents a dull yrqv nedul la an deep brown cortex ho evidence of hemorrhage OVAWIS Right - 7 gins ‘ Left - 5 bs The right ovary upon section presents severe 1small yellow areas an small fluid containing cysts The left ovary presents a large yellow corpus luteum which ccounts for most of the mass UTERUS The uterus contains a @mall viable calf The cotyledons are norm% in’ to be about three to appear2nct The calf weiAs LOO flms Tt is t sti nat ed fOUT months of’a e Length is l@ overall height 6M Width at thorax 1$2s Eeight at chest 31 Heati pole to nose 3 witith2f1 -_ — _ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE —— -—— _ —-—- — — - -- —--- —-—--- — — - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC -43RELEASE LYMPH EGDF W R O ’ Ther %s no red femoyal marrow It is entirely fat ’hesternal rib a vertebral marrow are’re in color Sections of each are taken PROVISIONAL ANATOMICAL - — — — -— — — — DIAGNOSIS 1 Abnormal aeyinn of hairs on back and side s 2 P’re gnancy estimated three to four months 3 Smal qilate p th kened area on ventral abdomen traumatic chronic “ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE — —------ -— APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -4 - -Page 4- RC ANIE PAiT II ‘MICROSCOPIC — SECTIONS HEART $ 11 17 Normals L- l ● LIVER ‘ KIDIWH #_7 9 23 l$ormal J 19 ” SPLEEN # k - Norml if Abundant iron by staj n Large abundant follicles with heavy trabeculations Norme l picture LYlmi NODE 12 16 Normar Sinuses are packed”with-mononuclea r cells $’18A —-Al - Pulmonary node - normal j # 27 6 ‘ A2 - Pulmonary node - norm l BONE MIRRow ernal Marrow Abundant with an even distribution Of myeloid and erythroid elements ertebrzl Marrow ———There is 3 decre se in the number of cells ov r th t OF the control animal kiorefat is resent he ekaryocytez r present There is an equal c istributionof ret cell end white cell series Old bone spicules seen in the”control are abuntiant These are pieces of bone carried in with the saw m Taken 81ODG it wovld be difficult to consider this abnormal marrow There is no fibrosise ‘ PAKCWAS #J1 Norms1 ATRENAL #_8 m IVormal ST ACH 6 - ” FSO@MqU C - nomale 74 section from pyloris at reddened rou gliened area There is an a ea of chronic inflammationwith fibrous reaction and round cell infiltration reslll tinu in di st@Jion antierosion of’the mucosa There are m p --i rt cel ls and some foreiyn bodies hay in the abr orm cr vts 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ‘1 ‘ ’ - 1 -45- ‘ $ FART 11 ‘ ’ ROA NIE — -Page - MIOROSOOPICSEOTIONS SMALLI BOWEL ’ LARGE BOWEL OVARY 7 Corpusluteum 0 THYROID No section # 1 25 34 From areas with ey hairs and slight decrease ih’hairs show smpll numbers of These were taken at random over he-l’hey follicles wh$ch are atrophic Atone edge of # 25 there is an areq almost lacking in follicles glands and muscle #5 From lsnormalmarea No obvious changes Very small local questi nable area ‘i e area without follicle or glands “’ g Area definitely beneath grey hairs There is en abundance of hair and hair follicles A few’scattered folucles are atrophic with associated slightly atrophic glands The vessels ‘coriuh and dermal tissueare normal There is slight pigmentation of the corium basallayer “’ Dissecting scope used on the ’skQ The grt yhairs haveno dark b bs root bulbs ” They are shiny with a dark central core They pull out about as easily as the normalhairs In the area of greying tihere is a decrease’in the number of hairs ‘A Tew old ‘Ideadtt d r%edup hairs are’present without roots Normal part of skin’appears normal Red hairs havb large brown root “ bulbs A fiar$central core can be seen’%n tl’re few red’shafts MISCELLANEOUS $3Fldori-riormdo #26’33’ Muscle site normal “ 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE _ ___ I -M- J’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE — — ——_ -c r——— -- _ — - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -b7 ITCF CIS X FIC SECT16NS - — — “- R G WI ET’CALF -”- LULU —— - I LUYG LIVEF K13WEY sPmEN 44 10 b - Abundar k follicles iron by stain NO section with heavy trabecul ztions p norppl PANCREAS No Sectlop AIMO fiL NO sections No section Slmt APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE bl l@ t Spl eepe — — —— r——— -- _ _ -c - — APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -b7 - ITcF os X FIC SECTI S - — — R G W ETCALF -”-”-” LULU —— I LUNG LIWfF KIDNEY SPIEEN 10 b - 44 Abundar kfollicleswith heavy trabecul ztions P norp l spl eeP bl l@ t iron by stain No section PANCREAS No Sectlop lIMO I L No sections No section Slmt APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE “ 4-’ “- ‘“ ““-” LUJ JJ — J -ray c - MICROSCOPIC SECTIONS #l i slide with ey hair — Area -— of Epilati on- portion of -— Under the area of epilation there are almost no folliclesor glands Delicate reticulum presumably replacesareas where gle nds follicles and muscle were pl s ced Area with total lack iS small and the rest of the slide shows R few rlnnds and follicles Towards the end with more ha5rs there are more follicles present Corium is sliflhtly thickened tViiMamount of pi gment B“ Normal - %—— — From hind legs ri ht and left Thin corium small amount pi entc Follicles normal DIAGNOSIS Spotty epilation nart al and almost complete - skin of back Abnormal peyin g hair back and sides Subacute pericmditis with abscess formation ” _ - — APPROVED FOR PUBLIC - — —— — - — RELEASE “ ‘“- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE This EOreford I SkI was one of’the herd been damaged 1 I i i for’ study aS l css-ofhair loss of’hair to an even more marked degree khan this COW The OOE was kilLled by a blow on the head and exsanguinate ‘ ‘ by sevei-ing tik jugular vein o GMi@AL APPEA R ANC3 The cow was estimated to be five to six yaars old - -J Her weight was estimated to be 350 lbs She appeared in good ge neralOnn except that “hernutritional stab was rather poor TMS %wls C XA with the grazing conditions on the Nalda Raach SKXN The l da was nornyalin appearance except m ‘ ’ ’ I tho back AS indicated ii the accompanying ‘ the f’3titportions of drawinga the epih-hion was colipletein certain areas The skin appeared quito dry$ but there wa - ware white hairs la st mixed with tho normal y occurrin red hairs of this re ion cases t hpabnortil hairs were white throu ho’atthe entire shaft but in some cases the groying was confined to th”etips of the i irc This il APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -50 the belly and normal areas of Vie lidefor histological study and for radioactive tissaye THORACZC CAVITY ‘l heCCWWAS opened by a dorsal incision extending from the udder to tinexiphoid process the thoraoio aavi%y The sternum was then slit exposing The lungs and heart were normal in position NO fluid was observed in either the pleural or pericardial cavities The 1 ulgs were normal in position d appearance on seation they appeared pale except for some frothy sanguineous fluid which could be expressed f’Son cert $in depembmt areas of the lungs No bronchial Iymph nodes were examined The heart was ti htly adherent to the diaphragm and to the ’ arlteriorpOrtiOn Ofthe reticulum of the stomach When the heart was dissecteu away from the adjacent skruotures anikmess measuring about 5 x “ omwas found adjacent to the posterior wall of the left vek tricle Thisabsoesa cavity contained thick greenish-grey pus filorousw ll of the absoess was quite thick The The r scle of the left mm - tricle adjacent toti eabs - ss had been l r ely replaced by a thick white soars which extended almost to the endocar $iium This scar hasan irregular stdla-ke shape ‘the heart itself’appeared normal ekcopt fo the localized sear and for thickened edematous pericardium pounds IJVffi -- ‘Me liver weighed i -V’2 The muscle had a normal 1% meas ed The cepsule was not tinickoned 7 he surface of’ Me 17 x 10 x 201 2 inches iver had a normal APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ------ -’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ’” -aiilBB ’ were takeza for microscopic ’ 0 study and radioactive assay S$IJWN The spleen was normal in fshapebut appeared to be more flattened tkn usual s ll i and It WQighed 370 grams WM measured A x x 3f inches Th ea s ary mbrane was white and opaque The pulp appeared Seotions yiere norwd with prominent tra wwla%ion taken for microscopic study and radioactive assay KZIMWS - The kidneys appewred quite normals The left wo l ghed@O and mea’suxwjd6 x 3 1 ’ x 1 ’l ’2inches meaLSured6 x #’2 x 1 5 ’4 inches grams and The surfaoos of the kidneys nppearod- normal The oapsule stripped with ease normal structure with no lesions exwpt one of the ccdyaeag Yhe right iveighed j O grams on section tiheorga s showed for we s miilqst extending into This Cyst ’’containeda small brown f’riab e coiiorotiorte The bladder was notmal to pa-l tatioqa UMMALS — The adrenals were normal in size and shape and position Nothing unusual w@s observed after the or ns were sectioned Sections v wre taken for higto ogieal study M4’1’iis’ruws -- oontents The Of the”stomch and from the small “intes%inos for histologjca study 0’ A lprelinimry estimate f fthe age of the fetus is fro n o APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE t ee rn nths APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 52- 7 The ovari s appeared normnl in size and position They contained Several small cysts and one corpus ltiteum The right ovary was awed for histo logical study J The skeletal system was normal in struature The marrow of the sternum and vertebra was red and grossly appeare hea3 t@y The shaft of the left femur contained on3y yellow marrww There was very marrow in he trabecu30ur fiortion Of the head of the femur l ttls red Sections were taken from the sternum vertebrsis and head of the fennn- for histological s udy and for radioactive assay Further samples were taken from the shaft of the femur for radioactive assay The ete n l marrow was aspirated for cytological study TUYROID - he thyroid appeared norma3 $e6tion’s were taken for radio active aasayo APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ’ r 1 f APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE If APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -’ J4- ‘ I NORML — OAKYnDOAK PA THOT cYRRPQM by R MWCATF 4 4- The body is that of e well ueveloped-but undernourished erefor cow about five years old and weimhfnr 800 pounds There is no abnormal jp eyin of the h irs@n’the back or sides of the animel They ere the normal red brown color On the riqht anterior portion of’the back near the shhu der hair Over ther is a 211x 3’tarea which is sc ly nn ioe not cent a5 n the ventral portion of t hP b omerlth e is lrtx J L area of’trbickenetl skin without hairs It is caly Such lesions are considered to be norrwl F n$are wttrjibutableto I ocF 1 irrttet ionceused by lyin ydown tri ti on beinT in e lateral 6i rect ion APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Z APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -s5 1 sholll der probably Small area of enilatton an6 scalir over rirrht tor unatic Fregmnc y inallepilate fi thickened area on ventral abdonen traumatic chronic APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE i’ —— APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE “ 1 ‘ OAKY— --‘EOAK — -Page 3- PART II mICROSCOPIC SECTIONS _ _ _— ________ HEART #j2 — — — 30 34 Several oval messes containing a collection of deep blue staining small circular masses Presumably a parasite of unidentifiednature Possibly sarcosporitia -$20 Aorta normml poor section L T 7 33 Normal LIVER K1miEY # 31 35 No mzl SPL3MN # 112-76 large and active ap earing Trabeeulationsheavy Quite normal in a yearance Abundent iron by stain “ Li r LMWH NODE J 22 - Normal 4 FYobably abdominal 42 9 L-4 Considerable brown pi gmentin the macronha yesof the medulla may cause brown coloration seen in WOSS Sterna d vertebral marrow BONE cells With numerous megaka ocytes The MF RW %ere is an-abundance ofzrow predominant cells seem to be the myeloid series Howaver there are many “tightly clumped cells of “thered series Th@ marrow is not fibrotic pA lCj hAS $ - Normal- 16 — — Normal The medUlhrY $lls ar-every pro hent ’ ’ - 19 The medul larycells seem to extend into the cortex 4 12 ‘ 3 ar enumbers of eosinophiles infiltrating the mucosa Lymph follicles”are small and presumably normal ti zt ively ’ 0 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OAKY DOAK -— - — ‘ SKINS -Page MICROSCOPIC SECTIONS M onf ombck Thti’corium with small amount of’pigment in basal layer No atrophic follicles Small collections of round cells in the derma c - Section A ‘ From epilated area dn back There is ‘agreatly thic ned corium with a heavy fibrous derma without i follicles or glands or muscle Small collections of”rotandcells about ‘ the vessels APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Post-mortemexaminations were made by Dr Hempelmann CaptainMetcalfand the Wdersigned Date Findingsmade by the othermen may be statedin otherwritingsin more technicalaspects however the writerfoundthe following 1 All abdominalorgansappearednormal fluids grosslywith no abnormalabdominal 2 Urine-genital systems in all four cows found to be normal Pregnancy was noted in all animals to be from three 3 to five 5 months in gestation Appearance of fetus and all fetal surroundingsappeared normal ‘ notedas being normal 3 Thoracicaavitieson all animalsmicroscopically Exceptioncap be made in the completepost-mortemof 812 four animals to animal#1 Lulu $which animalwas found to have had an adhesionbetween the reticulum nd diaphragmand heart musculature and diaphragm 1“ This animal probably had earlier suffered traumatic gastritis and Pricarditis A large lesion was found to appear within the musculature of the heart penetrating to a distance of within about three-fourths from theendomrdium 3 4 centimeter as to the hair hair folliclesand skin were definitely 4 Abnormalities noted in animelsnumberone 1 and two 2 Histologicalsections taken by the other examinersmay show more definitepost-mortem studies These animals although experimental were skinned and dressed after post-mortemto studythe qualityof the meat and its keepingqualities Although thin theseanimalsappearedto be excellentfor meat after a liberalhangingand agingwithinrefrigeration R E THOMPSETT CAPTAIN$V C - —- - — - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ’ ””- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ’ ’ - $ 11- This ciocumenkCongists o f -- - P g@ gJ Xuzber -- -- - o --- copies SeriQ9 --%-1 The university of Rochester Sch@il M Mqlkine “and Dentistry P Boxza7 STA’RW RochcStm7 N0Yo - 5154 “26December19 5 Captain James Noldn P o Box 1667 s nt aFe New Je o I will transmit the cow protocols to you as soon as-they are in form The conclusions are yathered@3 are enclosed Dontt you feel th if there are animals to be done in the futwe it would be a waste of time to bother with all tissues and a detailed discussion of every animal I would suggest the following Secrtionof 1 2 3 4 5 6 Spleen Several sections of skin taken from various ereas with each done up in Igauzeand labelled as to whether froma grey ar a normal area or epilated area etc Three lymph nodes Section of lumbar vertebra and sternum Section of ovary or testis No attempt to mite a protocol If only this procedure were done without attempt todo more several animals could be done at once provided there were enough but hers and’cow-handstb pull haul maul and exsanguinate I heartily recommend the study of a bull or two Sincerely yotis APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -6Q INTER-OFFICE II-G MEMORANDUM OATEI To Trinity File FROM L H Hempe@mn SUB IECT rch 1946 Radioactivity of cows from Alamagafio Regionautopsied19s 23 nd 24 Ncvember 1945 The original records of the measurements taken by J G Hoffman Louis Sciv elly ani myself on these cows have been lost 3areful readings nnde cm a T atts type Geiger Countw with rate meSer of the carcasses of the four cattle showed no increa e over back- ‘“ grcund The measurementswere taken at specified distances frcm the bodies of the cows as well as inside their body cavities etaparticle measurements of slices of the various organs including bones placed around beat ray tubes also showed no ‘significant rise in backo otin The only record of these measurements are those of ScLviel ki c L I APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE f A A ———_ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -61- TO Dr Hempehnmn FROM m L Sc5 vail y Count taken with geiger tube aluminum in lead pig Background 79 c min 5 Cimino Weight wet background Kidney 66 0 gram “82 o 4 0 ‘Spl en 133 5gram Wek %J J Liver 18100 gra 89 11 5 Bone 8 6 gram 31 5 395 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -62- i ‘To Tritiity Files From LHEH $ubject M imate ‘ During Date 10 Feb 19L6 of dose Qt beta radiation reoeived by cattle his visit to this site last week on his way to CaliforniaD Dr Robert Stone saw the cattle alled edly damaged by the fission products from the nuo ear exP30sion$ 6 JulY19 50 It was his feeling that tlm skin damage’noted in these ca%$le could have been produced by beta radiation The dose which wou d have been required to produce suchan effect wae esti to be between 4SOO0 roentgens and qO OOO roentgenss pro This @stimate was based on the observation bdbly about 20PO00 roentgbns nmted by %me of the effect of’beta ays on rabbits performed by Curtis and Rapier at Oak Ridge Hempelmarul APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 1 1 -6311-%1 Memo 1“ To Trinity Files From L -IH Date 10 Feb 1946 Su ject Estimate of dose of beta radiation received by cattle During his visit to this site l%st week on his way to California Dr Robert Stone saw the cattle alledgedl ydamaged by tha fission products frouithe nucl r explosion 16 July 1945 It W S his feeling that the skin dani e noted in these cattle could have been produzed by beta radiation The dose which would kve been required to produce such an effect was estimated byDr $tcme tobe between 49000 roentgens and SO ’XN2roentgns probably about 20 000 roentwms This estimate was based on the observation of the effect of beta rays on rabbits performed by Curtis and Rapier at Oak Rid eO APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE “l-- AL II-H-2 I m ‘W TR2Ni Y FILE From L E“ Hempehalln subject Diaauasicm of the Beta y Dosage Which Cattle in Contaminated’ the Nucl ear Explosion f’iSSiOX2 prO 30tS which felll ndrtheast of Alamogordo Bom ing Range see Seotlon X9 Eealth Physics report on Radioactive ContanAnat on Throughout New Mexicoa Part Ix by Joseph G iioffman iiiil ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -t% 11-1 INTE OFFICiS klEM RMYDUl$ ’ Date From SUbjeot -1 I ’” ” 7 December’ 1945 ’ Louis H Iiempelm n Ml and ‘tOakie Doaka1$ T@ thrp% Oows put’o paed by the Rojeot from the Red C nyon Sheep-Company Xnc ‘on 5 Mtiesiber 1 % we e-butohmed for experimental purposes on 15 Novew ber @#ja i I Louis ’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Hempelmann Ml APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE U-P -4X% mrt HI Reports of survey of aattle in region northeast of the ““ Ahmogordo Bombing I ang% ‘ - A Nemo concerning trip to Coker and Ratliff Ranoh 11 Movember 19458 Hempelmanne B Memo - following of outlying area contaminated by Trinity Cloud HempelmannO c Memo - Trip to Trinity regiun to purchase oattle egedlyda g by the nuclear Qxplosion 16 JulY lg4$ 73 Final report on cattle in area contaminated by fission products produced by the nuclear explosion 16 July 19450 Hematology of normal cows at I asCruces New M ioy Agricultural Sohool r c APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 76 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 67 III-A INTER-OIFFICE MEMO IWNDUM DATE November lit lC 5 “ or ‘LedCoker and Mr Raitliff on Sunday November 5UB’JECT’Trip to ILariches 11 19 5 A party consisting of Lt Col Stewartb I iijor Neuconb Captain Whipples and myself went to the above ranches to investigateallsgcd damage to livestock ‘c used by the Atomic Bomb Test Mr Ted Coker had quite a numL erof cattle whose a e rance had bacn af’rectd in thak the red areas of the hair were now roan in color These cattle iladbeen grazing west of the Chaupedera Mesa where hls land joins that of Louis bl a ‘1’hcse cattle however did not seem to be nearly as ‘badlyaffec edas were Italiaqs His cattle also appeared to be in much better physical ccndit on tlmn were these of the other ranchers IMda M9SW presunm’bly because of sup rior grazin condi$iotis Cok9r stated that he was not awere of this condition until after Ii Idamentioned it to hti He observed that %0 cattle had IIowever$the animals were first observed complete loss O h ir or bliet erin”ge M m abouk or amolith or so a fterthe shot lienoticql that the hairs appemed S llorter than normal CokerVs cattle appeared to be in quite good state of ‘hukrit ion much bel- t r than was the ‘caseat the iialdaRanch NO exact ccunt of the nuni erof cattlg affected was made at that thee okh oCoker aIldhis son stated khe tthey believed the appearance of thtihide recently was tinproving as far as color was co c’erned Coker Iiis made one interestingstatement about an observation made by re qcti hands irmnediatelyafter -theshot He stated thak he was told that tine windmill and fences at his ranch a gpe redto have been ‘tpeinted white” when observed in the dark of night T-hisobservation is not confirmed by CcIkerhimself ro 11 Coker s ranch We party went to the i ai tli 3’ housg in the ‘T xot Canyon “ in the ChaupecteraZesa X- %itliit’ afi his wife were quite vell APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ---APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 1 3- i INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM st 3 co jlpla ned except Vrii ty$ko Raitlif f’ of b il nervous Both of tlnemappeared’ to bo in good conclttion though from the color Of iir llaitliff sntiilsand lips it is possibl e’that he night be slight anemic The grandzo who was mentioned b no lon 13 vin with tileJaitliff’ s “h rad le l about my last mcm orancla IWe S the first of September to live with another relative in order to continu his schooling A small niece about two years old is now living with this family Sne appeare well a tlj ffts livestock was IIOWin good conditiouI exce-ptfor a ti r i lre 5ut had suffered clamagein the pas% About one month after the shot even on the occasio of my last visit to 6his plaoe the two blaok house dogs hzd begun to limp ‘This progressed for several weeks unti their foot pads were raw and blee ing he of’the dogs was so badly fected that she was unable to walk except with extreme dii lcult re ‘i’Iiei r feet have improved to’khe point where tlneywere almost completely well except for some tenderness o the pads and slight limp in the case 02 the bitche ‘Themale dog however the caudad portion of his beck a 13terr3sti@y showed white hairs mjxed with the black on the enovgha this dog shot had been tied under a small scrubby tree wh greasthe othw a hirly well formed scrub with his go%t herd at the time of dog was tied under pine tr aitliff alSO has two other dogs whO run They boYn showed damage to the skin of their backs and even now one has a small ares of epiiation Their feetb however are not tivolvede The I I dogs otherwise were quite healthy The only other livestock affected were oriemilk cow and a heifer The lctter i 1 “ ’ ad accordin to Raitliff shows patohy areas of epilation The horses burrows for the two black dogs the turkeys apparently were not affaotedm “ticep’t turkeys smd the burroweP none of the damage was wiknes$eclby member’sof the patiya “ b -2 Fwm 23 “ 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - - — -—- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -6- lNTER-13FFlb E MEMORANDUM DATE OVembOr14 19 j To ‘ FRoM SUSd to Rancilesof Ted Coker nd k Rai%lii’f on Sunday$ 11 November 19@j oonlt EGTTrip % itliffalso told an interesting storjrof the appearance of the ground immediately after the Shoi Ee staked th t the j cundand Ter ce posts M had the appearance of being eo ered ‘fi”ith light snoti or o hei ‘tfrost 4nfor was not as obvious in t ie middle of the nighk had heard that sone cattle were injured S Claunch xt could ive no detsils ‘Theparty also visit cdthe house ‘ oinvestigate a cow who allegstilyhd the Atomic Ucmb explosion of i3JI Dean in $intham iz order osk e large piece of hide as a result of - “deanwas not at home uztitl ecow was not in evidence however a large $ ece02’hide about one foot square was observccli the corral which roba’olyc e appeared normal CC G uo from this cow The hair and skin of this specimen Ap renkly the”hide had been neatly dissected b low tne lower iiafi mall Fil s K- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE I -70-RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC ’ III-B Date 1 December 1945 Memo TRINITY FILES From L H Hempelmann” Subject FOLLOW-WP OF OUI LYINGAREA CONTAMINATED BY TRINITY CLOUD The following %s a compilation of the facts which have accumulated in this office since the ast memo November 1945 on this subjgct 1 Afi w a survey of the area contaminated by fission products from the cloud Lt Col Stewart and Major Newcombe estimate that about 5100-600cattle ‘showthe signs of beta rays damage described in other reports Of theee the most seriously in$uried appear to be those cattle from the Bursum ’Ranch which have been grazing near the Smith and Julian tank on the bombing range The cattle on the extreme northwestern tip Of the land of the Red Canyon Sheep Co Nalda Ranch ’ ust north of the Raitliff Ranch showed a lesser effect but have considerable graying with two cases of epilation as noted bei’ore report #l Thompsett The cattle from the Coker Ranoh juet to the west of the Xalda land 8L3s0showed skin damage in ‘thefQrm of graying Theee cattle were in a much “ better state of nutrition than the others presubly i this region From heresayiit is probablethat cattleat Binghamwere not affected becauseOf betterforage in as reported althou hthese cattlehave not been eeen by anyone from this project Some cows at the Wilson Ranch the positionof which is indicated on the maps as Cooperts well northeastof the Raltliff Ranch -- see below ehowed mild changes I sdid a black dog at 6his mnch I From the above biologicalinformation it rnj ght be reasoned that-there were two focal areae of high contamination one on the smnnmitof or to the west of the e carpnent at the northeast portion of the Alamagardo bombing range and the second northeaet of the Raitliff Ranch Fortunately the motivity along highway 380 where most of the houses are situatedlies between these WO ‘hotn fOCi lj APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 1“ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 2 Lt Col Stewart and Xajor Itewcombeinvestigated a h%th6rto undiscovered ranch in approximately the loc tion marked ‘Unlmownn on the monitor s maps The only entrance to -thisranch is from the Smith Harvey Zanch or by neens o a road near the Wxwell i anchwhich goes 161 south from highway recently jt T %Sthough that the ‘unknown ranchttreferredto the iTntil Rattliff ranch A man and’wife named Yilson live alone at this ranch The fia age done to their c tt e f’romtile would indicate that the deposition of active dust cloud was not nearly es great as that at the Raitliff Ranch opitors ‘fromthis site will be”sent down to measure the activity 1 January 1946 -- for asurements at the Wilson Ranch see location marked Cooper Well on the monitoring trip of BucklanclantiReinert on 11 l ecember1945 in the Hoffman report They found that the activity in this region is about three quarters that at the Raitliff Farm ’ 3 The animals whioh have been found to show the beta ray burns described previously are cows dogs on their backs and foot pads and cats Horses burros angora goats and fowl in the same areas have shown no evidence of damage some hunts riea r the Maxwell Ranch showed blis%er’ingof their backs ljut th s iS thought to have ocourred be ore 16 July 1%5 and was believed by the sheep herder to be due to the fact thnt these animals had rubbed their backs against a salt rack 4 The news release which hks received nationwide otrculation concernln the r ncher whose beard turned gre yhas not been investi ated by members cf this pr js t According to the neighbors however this man$ Bill Wrye is a relatively young man who is turning gray prematu ely W%en te sed the change in ebout ‘Setting oli n early in the spring of 1945 he e tt ributed color of his beard to the fact that he had accid’entlyrubbed ‘dehorning W@ten began to show the effects of beta radfation he on his face When the ‘cat’tlti ohe ngedhis story and attributed the color change to the atomic bomb According 2 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ---— - - -—----- ----— APPROVED PUBLIC - --- -RELEASE - ----------- ---- - FOR—------ -72- to the neighbors Mr Wrye Is having fun at the expense of the newspuprse Since the radiat onlevels f the egion of the Wrye anch are quite low it has been decided not to investiige te the story further 5 According to Captain Thompsett ’on November lo 1945 a milk cow in Ls sVegas was pointed out to him as having developed gray spots on her back since last summer The presenue of gray spots at this time has been verified by Cnptain Thompsett “ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -73111-C lh ‘I rinity Follow-up Filew From LHFI Subject Trip to vicinity Df Trinity to purchase cattle alle edly damaged by the atomic bomb Cm December 4 1945 Lt Col Stanley Stewart an I left this site at 1 0 to visit the ranchers in the vicinity of the amagwdo Air Base in order to purchase cattle allegedly damaged by the nuclear explosion 16 July 1945 Our instructions from Washingixm were to buy all damaged cattle thc tthe ranchers wanted to Bell i 120XktelYseventY fiTe head of cattle’’werebought five from the Mr lkd Ccker ranch and the remainder from hfr Homer Buraum manager of the E sum Ranch The fourteen animals from the Burmm ranch showing the most extensive damage and three from the Coker ranch were brought to this site by truck The remainder were shi tiedby rail to CM Ridge In the course of this trip tk efollowing informationwas obtained 1 The Bu aum cattle which had apparently been trespassing on the Aiamagordo bombing range near the Smith and Julian tank about 10 - 15 miles northeast of sero showed even more damage than the Nalda cattle Red Canyon Sheep Co already described See Thompsett Report #l The graying was more noticible and at least 10-1S animals showed epilation with scab formation more severe tkan that observed in the two NhOda cattle studied previously at this ite It was interesting that the calves in thi herd seemed to be more severely affected than the full grown arlimals This had not been the case in the Nalda herd see previous memo The cattle showing skin i jury”didnot appe8r to be in poorer’physical c ndit cm than iid ttieunaffected animals Bursum however felt that the ehimals which were sold that tc ‘lswere less he lthy t anthe normal cattle cattl He also tinough’ several of t ese animals had the ‘sniffless All of the cattle on this particular section of the -sum 2 ranch were pomly nourishe6 msum told the followir sstory He observed cothirigunusual until 2-3 —— — —— - — —--- — — — ----- - - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE _ _ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 7 -2 weeks after the shot At this time while driving soutk cn’a road to the %cithtam he noticed one calf that @lo ed as if”it had fallen in a mud holew because of the nslicka or wet appearance tlis until about e of its hide He thought no more of week l ttirwhen he found % Cuf near the Smith tsnk with a festering ulceratingback that looked as if pit’were being eaten by fliesv The apparent good gener lh lth of the animal wae against such a diagnosis Shortly after this Bursum@aw some roanN calveai i e cattle with gray hairs inters@rse@ wfth the red hairs of the back He thought that there must be a bull of poor stock in this aectioa of the ranch which was siring theee calves Ho waa puzzled by these observation but did not aseociatethe changesin hig cattlewith the nuclear’explornion untilNalda spoke to him in August 191 3 A saddle horse at lluck eplace showed a few small patchea f white hair on its rump Ihishorse had been at this ranch at the time of the shot 4 ne cattleat the Cokerranch seemedto have improvedinsofaras the color of the hair they seemedleas gray than ou our last visit Cne of the cows which vrara boughtshowedvery littlegrayingbut was bleedingfrom both nostrils This j aa very unusualsympt6mfor cattlefrom this area Other thanthis the cow appeared to be ii good cond3 tion j me NaWar@ch wak visited late at night We were unable %herefore to aloehis cattle According to his statement however one of the two bu ls which shined graying had lost a ccmqiderable amount of weight and had to be brought to” the ranch headquartersto be fed soybeancake Since this bull waE given added feedings his weight improved APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE --% ’-’ Final report on oattle in area contaminated by fission products produoed by the nuoloar explosion 19k50 This report will be i68ued w en i areoeived as IA - @ A “ o APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE it APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE the exp-rbental r nch with no suppljrrentary feet other than a mixture of spent exctit blet sn th w maint ined m GT er optf mum conditions II shcwed lower total white counts L L ’K 5 150 lymphocyte counts werp lowe 7 157 in 32 4 632 roup 1 36 67 ‘Therange cows h ve more and larger red ce12s hznthe farm gro up Cozgujation t sl swer done OG the t’NOgroups The normal f’m-the htmr n one home while those on the f rmhad zn average of -hem-c The times were very close aS in each group with a tieviait vof onJy 5 m’ ltese c n be seen by the tilscrvpncy on t ciiccomp y nr’ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE chzrt —— —— _ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE HEMATOLOGICAL % — “--4 t —- – GM S F EK I 11 7 ——– I 828 000 —- -- -———– –——— –— — —- 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7 15’7 — I - MIL Group IIXtange Ani@s cru e l-29-L6 - --–”--“’ _ — — 4 40 — — -———_ ___ — --——--— — 5 150 I cow #39b — —— M 2 5“97 — 7“50 _ cow #395 963 000 29325 —–--F--- 982 000 49638 — -- —- I 7 60 _ _ coy _# 38 -—— cow #577_ 7 98 11 7 —— -— I 12 o - cow #134 I1 35’3 000 “-t 1 093 00C 6 050 -“i—---””–— ’i _ _COW #320 _ CQW #577 –—– c y 4 2 46 - - ------- 1 -– -— II cow #394 ——— —- I — —— ’OM X I —--_’l II APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 1 - — —— $ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE - 9 OROUP II 1-29-46 Actual Packed RBC RBC Count Hemoglobin Mean Corp Vol Mean Cor HB Mean Corp HB Cone cow #134 45% 7 98 12 7 gm 56 J4Cu 15 9 microns ‘25 2% cow $155 10% 5 34 11 7 gm 4 9 21 9 29 3 COj #320 J-O% 7 79 12 7 52 6 16 3 31 0 - Gow #391J 44Z 5 07 1 4 2 86-8 23 0 3203 cow #395 J % 7 50 1 4 2 58s7 16 9 23 2 #438 ho% 7 6o 1107 2a6 lj h 29 3 cow 577 2% 7 98 12 0 52e6 15 0 28 6 Average b2 29 7 04 12 74 60 09 18 10 30 lj ‘cow#1 34 6 80 11 7 50 0 17 2 3h 4 cow #2 35 5 31 U 7 65 9 22 0 33●I4 cow #3 35 5 05 12 ’7 69 3 25 1 cow #b 34 5’ 6 2o 11 0 55 6 17 7 31 9 cow #5 35 6 1 7 12 0 57 7 19 8 34 3 cow 34 5 6 50 10 7 53 1 16 5 31 0 Average 34 67 11 63 5 89 x9 42 33 55 COW e “ LT OVPI 1-31-46 ’ 5 99 “ I ‘“ l ” i 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE t ● APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE HEMATOLO@CAL RECORD Norriial Averages NAME — — I No Of ifm 6 7 — Group ———I Group II — % FfE3c GMS RETIC I 1 63 o —7 04 - — — 2 74 o n Dulaune r ---— 2 2$oo _ 381 t -— 10 L5O - -- -- 219 ——— _Kushner 8 75 - I —— L– ___ – i __–- - _ il 1’ - ---— 42 29 I –- - - — — 1 __ –- —— oe x t-—_ 1— — t ----- — _ l _ I - —t-—---- j - il — -- -1 I - I 1 I — WRIGHT’S lilnl iI Ks –--—- ---— “-““ 1 8 616 - ‘ _— — —— -— --––il - _-— 7 ’55 — 1 046 000 -zQ _ lq_ - 6 96 ‘Vintrobe Vo e —“-----r——— _ 5 99 I WBC PLATELETS 6e33 2 — — e --- -r__ -- ——— —— DATE — --— _—— — — 1 —— p STAIN — — DATE 6 Group I Group II 56 Eos I BAS — ilj ‘w 17 T Miller —2 2Q --18 9-- - Q– PMN -T– ‘ ’ E 1 ------------ ---73 --- y’ s ‘“ ------- --— - — —— II “ introbe 1% Dulaune 11A Kevodov ‘ _ _ izkz $3jF g --- — - 1 2QQ — Kr cke _ 0 5 —— ‘Le--3li 5---9 - — ----1 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -——r - -”— --—’- 17—-_A----–- i ------4’- –— -- --— -- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Fhr6 AT clinical studies of sovemtxwn ‘grayfg cattle from Bursum and Coker Ranches 82” Photograph 89 Report of death of Oow 1 bbter from J F Nolan 93 94 “ %dua6P APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE REFORT % ON SECOND GROUP OF GRAY CATrLE “onb December 1945 seventeen I erefoqdmttle allegedly damaged by tie nuclear explosion 16 July 1 4$ mrivec here by truok from the area I I of the 41aniogordo Test Site north These animals were the most severely affectedof’ a group of 75 purchased on ‘December1 5 by Lt Cole SOL Stewart and Dr L H Hempelmann The other 61 animalswere shipped by rail to Oak Ridge Term Fourteen of the oattle were bought from b Homer Bursum and three from Mr Ted Coker The group consisted of seven cows and ten calves The appearance of the cattle was similar to that of the Nalda cattle previously described See color photographs The loss of hwir of the backs of these cattle was somewhat more extensive than that noted previously The two cows fr’ow the Coker Ilanch however showed only mild graying Th hide of’the backs of many of the cows and calves showed extensive scab formation several showed”rnw bleeding leSiOnS prObablY dues in P3rt tO tra a incurred during transit The graying of’the hair of the calves was more noticeable and extensive than WS that of the cows but they showed about the same degree of epilation and scabbing One cow from Coker showed evidence of a bloody mucoid discharge from 4 both nostrils All cows were in a poor state of nutrition on arrival The ‘ calves were in somwh t better physical condition but were also quite thin Most of the calves had aot been weaned These cattle will be observed carefully during the next six months ConP ete blood counts and color photographs will be taken as soon as poss ble Throughout the winter’they will be fed s diet approximating that which they would have had if they had remained on the range In the spring the diet will be They will be treated then as animals in the feed lot and YIattempt will be made to remove parasites and to treat the increased in an effort to fatten the cattle 1’ l skin One yesn-after exposure in July l h6$ the blood ecwds and photographs j 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 1 83 will be repeated and the changes noted After this study has been completed the cattle will be turned out on the range and will be followed for sn Indefinite period4 s Th ompsett ● 1 - Hempelmann Eate 9 December 1945 1 ‘ I ‘ APPROVED FOR - PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 44IV-B EEkkTGL Y R3PCRT Cl 17 CO-- 3 Seventeen cows and calves exposed to radiation were brought up on the hill in the middle of December One of the cows died of’colic unffirtunately an autopsy was not performed tfficulty has been encounteredin marking C6NS in such a way as to kno fron one week to the next which animals have been examcined Hence the results discussed below should be considered as a statistical sixuiyof a group The average white count of the 6 cows was J J 21L The average white count of the 10 calves wzs 8 41A The average ercentage of lymphocytes w s 39 2 for the cows anah9 1 for the calves The average ercentage of the lymphocytes which contained neutral red granules was 27 6% The average for the calves wqs 19 1% The average red cocnt of the cows was somewhat lower 6 72 million cells per cubic millimeter than that of the calve’swhich was 9 15 million cells per cubic rnillir eteriThe cell volumes were 38 3 for the cows and 2 8 for the calves The plateiet counts all appeared norrmaland there was only one reticulocyte seen on all the preparations This reticulocyte was found on cow #4 The red cells seemed to sho fan j ncrease in size rather than in nurber after the animals had been here for three months Coagulation studies Wre Cow number 4 hada done because con 4was bleeding froolthe urrls” coagulation time of one hcur and fifteen minutes which seem very much prolonged This cow Wds then taken off the alfalfa and after a week the clotting time was 30 minutes The prothrcmbin time platelet count and dot retraction remained norwl ‘ tobe The other cows in this group also had what se med a prolonged coagulation time The averaLe being about one hour The other factors of coagulation characteristicswere normal Qwwwb B AnnaMae Dickie —- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ___ 7 - - f __ - - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE HEMATOLOGICAL RECORD “iIAM — DATE — — Jow — #l ——— —- —---- __— II ‘Bc L-k- II —— — I —— eya ——— —— — RETIC PLATELETS WBC I Ce L I lfo n _ o L - - ——- —— — -— — — 12 2 WS — o i PIL I 938 OXI z-f I1 227 000 –— r o cow _M 26 - ——— Ii” ““-- 4 F Cow #9 1--” cow #lo _ 6 97 hverage 3 oh 000 II 6 72 I 13 9 12 1 _o 1 L17 3 1 “ET --- 4iL _ __-— 38 3 1- _ 1 —— J 1 PMN DATE Eos BAS I c Cw #l cm #2 ‘ ‘w 5 EFFSE cow #3 cow #l glow # c Cm #lo _ Average mm 201 ‘RF iy h 4 36 f 0095 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 11 3 2 46 i 4 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE HEMATOLOGICAL RECORD Calves NAME _ F BG DATE GMS % — — a _ #S _ cdf f -— Calf #8 — _ - Calf ——— #11 Ca #12 — —— #13 calf 7_iic — -— - –-—-— I _ _ ___ —— —— —- I M31 IRKS I Vollulle — _____ t 1 600 000_ “-- — bl f 10 105 __ __ l L52 1 ii rI 12 6 10 11 275 _ _— I — -___ --- PLATELETS R ETIC -r --- __- 1 — 6 – — __ _ — — ___ ——–- I _ ___ - — — — _ 482 _39 I 9_ – –– - __T___‘---”- 0 “’-T qko_ wo i _8 300 43 1 “2”486 1 i 8 9b ’ _ 13 7 F 1 _ 3J3 o f _ _8_ 715 I 8 34 _ I- I4A _ - t J 5fl —’ ----- f o __ _ I T i I 13 1 0 __ _ 7 48 I ““””-11-’215-’o T 2 ”-” “ ” r”-”-”-“t---j-– # _ 9000 — — ——— ——— _ p A - 7 990 —--’-–- i------ c_ z 2$ _ _ - I I _ 95____ - L 2 9 t-–—lkqk xc S’JPR-i VITti L MMBWFX 3 5 3 -- —--—_— —- — ‘“””” I @ — — — —— - — _ ___ —— —--— —— —-— —- — ‘–-”– _ — STAIN __— Em-w -_ E X ——— - 1 BAS Calf # _Calf’ # calf 8 _ __ calf #11 _ Calf 12 Calf$13 __ Calf #4 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE — k APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE HEMATOLOGICALRWORD “ Calves Con’ t AME- — — — RBC DATE — I I —I —- 4— I GMSII % RETIC L----J-- -—- --- 7J%i 1 ---- - —— -- —— 43e5 _ —– —— Ii___ _ _- _ ——- - — 1- - –— - — — –- --—--— I — — —— II i BAS 48 5 _ __ ____ ____ _ - — — - _ ’ – ____ — META MYEL — _ - _— ‘ ’-- 1’ i_____ _____ ‘1 1 t— — — --- I -- — - — sMALL sTAB ———- INT ACT YoUNG I YOUNG ‘“-- — ‘- “T--572” _ —— – --– I __ I b — ——— — - 32 5 ● - _43 -- 3 9 – - t l ___ –—_J- STIM ——— I ‘---- -’ ”’y - ● REMARKS I — t w - — MONOCYTES —l I _ l O l– — LYhlPI OcYT S calf Average — — - PMFd”–’ ————— _ alf #19 _____ ‘ 6_ - - -- t 8 I LI ‘1 1 2 20 3 _ _ - 3 32 -- ———— t -— — -—— ‘ — Eos DATE — i — — — I ———— #16 RIM iRKS 42 75 8 JdJ 1 626 000i - - ___ ---— __9 –1 II — a –— - i 1 870 000 13 3 9 147 - — --—— iverage _—— — —_ --— — — ----- 38 5 _ __- i- - —r-l’ i — I — — — - Volume _____ _ -l _ ----- 1 936 000 10 81 PIL 2 171 00Q — ---- 3 13 - - WBC PLATELETS Calf’ 16 — -----1 -- -c ---- 2” -1 I 5 9 ‘–i I 1 I I —ii ““-’ r-i ‘ 9 ““iO l i 8 2 1045 ii ‘ ------- – APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 19 1% ● –—- -’”” - —” ‘ ‘ -–- 28% ‘– y APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -830 cell Volume REC cOw #1 3C 3 4-98 cow 2 45 5 7 62 38 l 4yY 12 3 5 7 16 1 27 0 7 01 13 8 5L 2 19 6 36 3 42 6 97 13 9 60 2 19 % 3300 “38 6-97 4 5 4 5 18 0 33 1 36 6 81 11 2 52 8 16 4 31 1 Average 38 3 6 72 12 1 57 0 18 0 31 8 Cdf 35 46 10 11 15 3 45 5 15 1 33 2 Calf #7 39 11 28 12 6 34 5 11 1 32 3 Calf’#8 43 8e94 13 7 48 0 15 3 31 8 calf #11 44 5 8 34 14 8 53 3 17 7 33 2 Calf #12 38 5 -7-48 13 1 51 4 17 5 34 0 calf #13 40 5 9 00 3 4 4 45 0 16 0 35 5 Ciilf#14 40 5 8 95 15 0 45 2 16 7 27 0 calf #16 3e 5 10 47 12 2 36 7 11 6 31 6 48 5 Z 79 11 5 55 1 13 0 23 7 48 5 8 13 10 8 59 6 1302 22 2 42 $ 9 15 13 3 4704 U 7 31 5 Gow #4 cow #3 Calf #20 I 30 3% 60 8 V cOw #lo I Hemwlobin 9 2 microns “ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE db APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE D 0 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 9 ‘o APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -- Iva l-l I ’ i’ 0 12WELOFFICE JWORAMJU’M I To Date January 25$ 1946 ‘A Re Jo o I I I Tho cow-s dispo$ed of by inoineratioa Janes F Nolan M D ’ ‘ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -94IV D92 CLINICAL REFURT # Hereford covi #10 one of the lot of seventeen l cows and calves purchased from t ieCarrizozo area was found to be sick 1630 January 2 1946 This animal as well as the rest had been examined by the writer at 1000 and liboo he‘sameday and all had appeared normal At 1630 a member of the veterinary detachment reported that one cow WOuld not get up to go into the stables with the rest to be fed The writer examined this animal kereshe was reclining and found The animal evidenced muci pain with the symptoms typical of traumatic gastritis decided pain in the stomach upon palpation A slight mucous secretion was seen in the nostrils containing a slight amount of bright blood ‘Thelung sounded very normal with the use of the stethoscope The temperature of the animal was normal 101 5 at 1630and the membranes clear and bright A sedative was given and the ‘ animal was made comfortable with straw and blankets At 1730 the temperature was again normal 101 5 and the animal in sli htly less pain The membranes were still of normal appearance The heart was slightly accelerated 55 PM At 1800 the animal again was restless and the temperature was 101 2 The as they were pale The animal died within membranes indicated a poor c’hculat on twenty minutes 1820 The clinical diagnosis was traumatic gastritis The writer was unable to contact the office of Dr Hempelmann that evening January 2 Dr Hempelmann s office was contacted at 0930 and again at 1100 to report the death of this animal The writer desired to have an observation of the post-mortem and the animal was held in a cool room all day January No report was made as to who would ”observea post-mortem that day The writer again called Dr Hempelmannts office January 4 and the doctor in charge recommended that we not make a post-mortemdue to the decompositionthat had started in the animal The veterinary personnel moved the carcass at 1300 January 4 to the incinerator to be burned FLE THOMPSETT _ CAPTAIN V C APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ---—- - APPROVED PUBLIC — —- —-— -- —— — - —FOR- — — - RELEASE -95IV E To Dr Louis H Heml elman From W L L Scivally Subject Survey of contaminated CCWS December 27th 19 45 The instrumentused in all cases was a Victoreen Survey Neter Model 263 cow No U Back-rump 0 000028 R hr Back-center ’ 0 000050R hr Eack-shoul der 0 000019 R hr 0 000019 R hr Right side-rump ea a b Right side-center 0 000019 R hr Right side-shoulder 0 000012R hrX Face 0 000033 R hr cow No 12 Back-rump 0 000050R hr Back-centeremo e e 0 000028 R hr 0 000028 F@ Back-shouldero e 9 Right Sid e-Rump 0 000019 R tie Right Side-Center 0 000019 R h Right Side-shoulder 0 000019 R kw ● ● ● ● ● cow No 13 Back-Rump 0 000019 R hr Back-Center 0 000019 R M Back houlder 0 000013 R kr Right Side-Rump 0 000028 R hr ‘RightSide-Center 0 000019 R hr Ri ht Side-shoulder 0 000013I@ Belly-Center 0 000006R hro Belly-Rear 0 000006R hr Belly-Front 0 000006 cow No w Back-Rump 0 000013 Back-Center O 000025 Back-shoulder 0 000013 Right Side-Rump O 000007 Right Side-Center O OOOOO7 Right Side-shoulder 0 -7 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 1 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -96- Subject Survey of oontamminatedCows ● Decembsr 27th 1945 cow No 15 Back-rump 0 00 R be Back-Oenter 0 WWO WW R hr Back-shoulder 0 000009R br Left side-rump 0 000000 R hr Left side-center 0 0000OO R hr COW No 16 Back-rump 0 0000IOR hr Back-oenter 0 000014R br Back-shoulder 0 0000IOR hr Left s ide-rumjj 0 00@07R hrA Left side-oenter e 00000007 R hr COWNC 12 Back-rutnp o o 0 000018R hr Back-amter 0 000050R hr Ilack-shoulder a b ea m 0 000034R hr Left side-rump o 0000181@ Left side enter e o 000ol8R ● APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ● “ “ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -97IV-F REPORT ON GRAY CA PIM #4 MARCH 15 1946 Gn Dec 4 1945 the Veterinary Hospital received 17 Hereford cattle from 1 the area aorth of the Alamagordo Test Site These animals allegedly had been affected by the nuclear explosion “16 July 1945 A description of these cattle been made previously A report on these animals is in order since this is the end of the first experimental period Cme cow died Jan 2 1 946 after a short illness The diagnosis was traumatic gaatritis and pericarditis Typical symptms of traumatic peracarditis were noted in the late afternoon and death occ d within two hours A separate report has ‘ been nqde on this animal Iheremainder of the 10 calves and 6 cowE have been’under cereful observation at the “Veterin y Hospital neir diet haa been very light to simulate that which would be obtained on the rauge The diet included heal alfalfa 1 3 A mall amount prarie hay 2 3 and of concentrate oil meals$ corn etc was given to the cows to make up for tho food lost to the suoking calves On the ra e the calves end powu would have been separated and thirnproblem would not have existed ne animals have obviously ●wintered very well on this near-atamation Although no weights hare been registered the calvea have gained very Most well of them were thin on arrival but now are well rounde calves The fact that they were sucking has-made their gains easily explaiaed cows also had no we ightaregistered but observation has indioated me substantial increases b weight To conclude the ’writerxleaireeto offer a few observations on these catjtle “ in addition to t eir ability to survive a light or range diet 1 The leaioas on their backs have’’not appreciablyimpr’oved A ltho hthey APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ’ --- axe not bleeding from the le ionu a they did upm arrival the sizes of the lesions ark about t e same It is the opinian of the writer that the amount of grayness has not decreased Photographsmay show differences however Hair has Qot rea peared in most Qf the epilated areaa 2 s Physically the anim ls appear norxwl in every respect except for epistaxis on everciaeg It is noted that when the animals are moved rapidly ad are handled for laboratory bleeding they blaecieasily from the nose Herefords cm ranches are handled yery rough in comparison to the handling here and the ranch animals rarely bleed In the opinion of the writer these animals are abnormal 1’ in kLiS I’IBSpeCto All Of these animals have been found to be infested with ear ticks and cattle lice No treatment of aay kind has”been administered up to this the These animals have not responded the way most Herefords respond in the all the handling and associationthese animals hive had they feed-lot ‘ ith should not be shy’at this tine Rowever at times when eqJone entere the stockade the animals have a crazed-expressionand appear very wild It is only an impression that these aiimls are not normal menta13 ya At the present time ne an s are to be treated as they might be in a feed -lo They are being de-loused sad the ticks are being removed from the ears To date the animele have been treated and fed as if they were range cry animals I TOW op ort ity wil be given to see if these antils will fatten normally We will gradually increase the diets to a fattening schedule Pe lission has been givcnto this department to atli2TilS the backs of the The veterinary staff viillmake local ap licationsof Ciifferentd ua I ‘1 1’1 treat APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ‘ APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ” ” ’ ‘ COPY UNCLAS$JFIF5 -99-3then be made to aee in if treatment has been of v Lu 4regcrt iillbe ade the snnnmr to show grogress in wej bt general condition and appearance 1’ TbOmpsett I i _— — ———— ___ —- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE ———— ———-— _ -_-— _ —---- — — — ------