Animal Husbandry WAEC

Muscle rigidity and non-responsiveness to stimulus in dead farm animals are known as?

A. muscle fatigue
B. tendering
C. rigor mortis
D. rough muscles

Correct Answer: Option C

C. rigor mortis

Explanation

Rigor mortis or postmortem rigidity, the third stage of death, is one of the recognizable signs of death, caused by chemical changes in the muscles post mortem, which cause the limbs of the corpse to stiffen.

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