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Yablokov: Radioactive Impact on Fauna 261TABLE 10.6. Concentration (Bq/kg) of Some Radionuclides in Fishes after the CatastropheNuclide Concentration Species Country ReferenceCs-137 16,000 Perch (Perca fluviatilis) Finland Saxen and Rantavaara, 198710,000 Pike (Esox luceus) Finland Saxen and Rantavaara, 19877,100 Whitefish (Coregonus sp.) Finland Saxen and Rantavaara, 19876,500 Catfish (Silurus glanis) Ukraine Zarubin, 20064,500 Bream (Abramis brama) Finland Saxen and Rantavaara, 19872,000 Vendace (Coregonus albula) Finland Saxen and Rantavaara, 1987708 Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) Russia Ushakov et al., 1996493 Bream (Abramis brama) ∗ Poland Robbins and Jasinski, 1995190 “Fish” Baltic Ilus et al., 198715–30 “Pike and cod” ∗∗ Baltic Ikaheimonen et al., 1988Cs-134/137 55,000 “Freshwater fish” Norway Strand, 198712,500 Brown trout (Salmo trutta) Norway Brittain et al., 1991Sr-90 157 Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) Russia Ushakov et al., 1996Total gamma 300,000 Raptorial fish Ukraine Gudkov et al., 2004∗ 120 times that of pre-Chernobyl level.∗∗ About five times the pre-Chernobyl level.semen channels (especially for hogs 2 to 4 yearsold), as well as widening, necrosis, and unusualpositions of sex cells within the channels(Table 10.8).6. There was a marked decrease in inseminationand 1.8 to 2.5% of the piglets were borndead or with congenital malformations involvingthe mouth, anus, legs, and gigantic heads,etc. (Oleinik, 2005).7. Pregnancy outcomes and some healthcharacteristics of calves (Bos taurus) (a Poles’ebreed) in the heavily contaminated Korostenand Narodnitsky districts, Zhytomir Province,Ukraine (Cs-137 levels of 5–15 Ci/km 2 )weresignificantly different from the same speciesbred in the less contaminated (