Abstract:
The chemical study of minerals has revealed a significant difference between the mineral composition of distal phalanxes and their Keratin cover obtained from healthy animals and those suffering from necrobacillary dermatitis. From our point of view the increase of macro and micro- elements quantity in the tissues of ovine hoofs could be explained by the fact that these elements are indispensable for life, playing an extremely important role in the metabolic processes. The oxidizing - reductive reactions are intensified in the pathological foci, thus, an elevation of minerals has been observed in the performed research. Simultaneously, a serum insufficiency of minerals has been diagnosed in the injured sheep as a sequence of elements dislocation from the distal phalanxes to the pathological foci