Editing Cow tipping (section)

=== Death ===
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Dead animals may appear to have been tipped over, but this is actually the process of [[rigor mortis]], which stiffens the muscles of the carcass,<ref name="Black's">{{cite book |editor = Boden, Edward |title = Black's Veterinary Dictionary |date = 1998 |publisher = Barnes & Noble Books |location = Lanham, Maryland |isbn = 0-389-21017-X |page = 449 |edition = 19th |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rxAD2cWqYI0C&pg=PA449 |via = Google Books |access-date = May 24, 2016 |archive-date = October 13, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231013205357/https://books.google.com/books?id=rxAD2cWqYI0C&pg=PA449#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status = live }}</ref> beginning six to eight hours after death and lasting for one to two days. It is particularly noticeable in the limbs, which stick out straight.<ref name="UGAvet">{{cite web |title = Postmortem Changes |url = http://vet.uga.edu/ivcvm/courses/VPAT5200/02_injury/postmortem/postmortem.htm |website = University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine |access-date = May 19, 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160512062750/http://vet.uga.edu/ivcvm/courses/VPAT5200/02_injury/postmortem/postmortem.htm |archive-date = May 12, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> Post-mortem bloat also occurs because of gas formation inside the body.<ref name="UGA5">{{cite web |title = Post Mortem Changes 5 |url = http://vet.uga.edu/ivcvm/courses/VPAT5200/02_injury/postmortem/pm05.html |website = University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine |access-date = May 19, 2016 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160518073442/http://vet.uga.edu/ivcvm/courses/VPAT5200/02_injury/postmortem/pm05.html |archive-date = May 18, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> The process may result in cattle carcasses that wind up on their back with all four feet in the air.