title: [Changes in the mineral content of bones in fibrous osteodystrophy in standard minks and Arctic foxes].
abstract: Laboratory characteristics of a metabolic disease (Osteodystrophia fibrosa) in standard young minks and arctic foxes is described. In comparison with the control group, while the biochemical characteristics of the blood samples of arctic foxes was not very different from the control group in the contents of macroelements (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium), significant differences were revealed by the analyses of the bone samples of os femoris. In young minks the ash weight in 1 g of fat-free dry matter made only 321.94 mg (52.45%), while in the control group 613.82 mg. A similar decrease (P less than 0.01) was observed, in comparison with the control, in the contents of calcium and phosphorus (44.75% and 56.90%). A slight increase in the magnesium content is not statistically significant. Evaluation of ash content in os femoris in young arctic foxes gave similar results. Biochemical characteristics of their blood showed a significant increase in the activity of alkaline phosphatase. An application of the chemical analyses of bones to diagnosing metabolic disturbances in fur animals is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D005589:Foxes; D008903:Minerals / Q000378:metabolism*; D008907:Mink
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals
vernacular_title: Zmĕny v minerální skladbĕ kostí pri fibrózní osteodystrofii u standardních norků a pesců.