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Resting position

All right

Figure 1: Prone position
(© N. Schwarz, LLH)
Figure 2: Front leg extended
(© N. Schwarz, LLH)
Figure 3: Extended hind leg
(© G. Plesch)
Figure 4: Sleeping position
(© N. Schwarz, LLH)
Figure 5: Total lateral recumbency
(© G. Plesch)
Indicators
  • upright prone position
  • Extending a front or hind leg
  • Front legs bent
  • only briefly: lying completely on its side

Needs reassurance

Figure 6: Lying on one’s side with the head resting on the chest
(© F. Reinecke, RP-Gießen)
Figure 7: Complete lateral recumbency; unable or unwilling to stand up
(© F. Reinecke, RP-Gießen)
Figure 8: A cow lying down
(© D. Albers, LWK Nds)
Indicators
  • Side-lying position:
    • Body stretched out, head on the surface
    • remain in a lying position and are unable to sit up in a prone position or stand up
  • When helped to stand, they are unable or unwilling to do so

+ Signs of further impairment of general well-being

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