WAEC Animal Husbandry 2017 Question 38

Question 38

Processing and Marketing of Animal Products

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

  1. A.muscle fatigue.
  2. B.tendering.
  3. C.rigor mortis.
  4. D.rough muscles.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (rigor mortis.)

Explanation

Rigor mortis is the stiffening of muscles after death.