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THE response of rabbits to 25,000–50,000 r. radiation exposure is death within 3–4 hr.1. Even at lower levels of radiation exposure to 600–1,000 r. a shock like death occurs in a few animals within 24–48 hr.2. However, other biological responses which occur more consistently at these lower radiation dose-levels are depression of the white cell count and reduction in bone marrow activity3. This investigation presents evidence that a rise of body temperature is also a regular effect of acute radiation exposure in rabbits.
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MEREDITH, O., FINNEGAN, C. Radiation-induced Hyperpyrexia in Rabbits. Nature 194, 592–593 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194592a0
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