[Disorders in trace element status in cattle from the view of herd supervision. 1: Classical trace elements].

In a bipartite review the current knowledge about trace elements in cattle is described. The first part contains the classical trace elements iron, zinc, copper, manganese, molybdenum, iodine, selenium, cobalt, chromium and fluorine. For each trace element the following aspects are illustrated: physiological function, factors leading to deficiency or over-supply, symptoms of deficiency and poisoning and the diagnostic.