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The present research is unique. Its purpose was to prove the suitability of X-ray techniques for diagnosis of pathological changes of wild ruminant skeletons. The most interesting cases were chosen, among which two had very similar changes visible in the submaxilla area. The macroscopic examination did not allow for a closer estimation of the character changes. The X-ray examination revealed a wide range of radiological symptoms by means of which the final diagnosis could be made. Cystis folicularis, despite great similarity of changes, clearly differed on X-ray pictures from the overgrowth of shank bone tissue caused by osteoblastic stimulation of bone tissue injury background. The third case showed typical radiological symptoms of the inflammatory state (ostitis), infection background, as well as a possibility of differential diagnosis.