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Liquid scintillation counting has been used for many purposes around the world for the determination of the presence of individual substances, or to study biological processes.  In Africa, especially in the arid regions of the Sudan and other western African countries, the health of the cattle is immensely important.  Cattle provide milk and meat, and are a type of currency for the owners, being vital for trade of goods and services.

 

One of the most important health parameters the cattle must have is the water content of their bodies.  A healthy cow will have a high percentage of water to weight ratio, and when this dips too low, the health of the cow becomes compromised.  In these arid wastelands where individual peoples struggle to survive, their cattle are as important as their own lives, so study of the health of the bovines is necessary to make the adjustments needed to keep them alive and healthy.

 

Liquid scintillation counter products are used along with radioactive water, called tritium, to aid in the investigation of the cows' water to body weight ratio.  At first, this would mean certain death for the animal, as it would have to be dissected, the organs weighed, and the water content of the tissues measured.  This was indeed not a contingency the owners wanted to agree to.

 

Taking samples from the cows was more practical, and with the use of radioactive decay in a cocktail of the sample and tritium, the scintillation counter to give a respectable quantification of water that can be devised into a number the scientists can use to determine the water to body weight ratio.

 

Light being emitted by the radioactive isotope reacting with the fluorescent compounds in the sample is then read by the liquid scintillation counter, giving an accurate number for the biologist to help determine the weight to water ratio.