Abstract
Colostrum or transitional milk is the most important source of nutrition within the first days of a calf’s life. It is the only source of macro and micro elements for newborns. The accumulation of data in scientific publications on the mineral content of bovine colostrum is slow because the researchers primarily focus on the peculiarities of biochemical, in particular, globulin composition.
 Aim. To study and systematize available scientific published data on the content of mineral elements in bovine colostrum and its possible influence on calve health.
 Materials and Methods. The article contains the review of the composition of various mineral elements in the colostrum of animals based on the results of the studies and experiments of Russian and foreign scientists. Publications were searched for in scientific databases Elibrary, RSCI, Web of Science, Scopus, and a search engine Google Scholar.
 Results and Discussion. The authors established certain consistency in the influence of time from the delivery on the content of macro and micro elements in the colostrum. The differences in the mineral content of bovine colostrum are explained by various technologies of cattle handling that differ by the species of animals and other factors.
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