A routine open castration was performed with the horse in right lateral recumbency.

One horse died and another, found in lateral recumbency and unable to rise, was killed by the owner.

On the following day the horse was anaesthetised, positioned in right lateral recumbency and prepared for surgery.

However, the lesions in the present case occurred after lateral recumbency, were mainly unilateral and on the same side that the horse had been recumbent.

Complete lateral recumbency is an unnatural position for giraffes and could produce respiratory embarrassment by compressing the lower lung.

Dead sheep are found where they have gone down, sometimes in sternal recumbency but usually in lateral recumbency.

All animals must be able to root/forage, lie down outstreched in full lateral recumbency, and sleep and rest in a comfortable peace.

Signs of muscle weakness can include a plantigrade stance of the hindlimbs, cervical ventroflexion, inability to jump, lateral recumbency, or collapse.

Cows often tuck their heads into their flanks.Stage 3: Lateral recumbency, muscle flaccidity, unresponsiveness to stimuli, and loss of consciousness progressing to coma.

A third horse had a sudden onset of tremors and ataxia, followed within 36 h by lateral recumbency, paddling of limbs, tremors and minor convulsions.

Seizures manifest as a 1-2 minute display of a combination of the following: loss of consciousness, lateral recumbency (dog lying on its side), paddling of the legs, tremors, and involuntary urination/defecation.

Identical clinical signs as described by Pienaar et al could be precipitated in affected goats in this study by using either the head raising test or by holding animals in lateral recumbency and suddenly releasing them.

All housing must enough spaced to allow all pigs contained therein to lie down in full lateral recumbency at one time, and to move freely without any risk of injury or distress due to the unavoidable occurrence of one pig stepping on another.

The variables directly related to hypothermia in dogs registered at the end of an operation include the duration of the pre-anaesthesia and anaesthesia, the physical condition of the animal and, also, their posture during surgery (sternal and dorsal recumbencies showed lower temperatures than lateral recumbency).

It may necessitate surgery although often it can be treated with exercise and/or phenylephrine, at times anesthesia and a rolling procedure, in which the horse is placed in left lateral recumbency and rolled to right lateral recumbency while jostling, must be performed to correct the condition medically.