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Cross-legged posture, cattle
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Cross-legged posture, cattle

    Cross-legged posture. Cattle cross their legs when there is acute pain in one or both medial claws. This is a common clinical sign of laminitis. It is also a sign typical of a fractured distal phalanx.

Courtesy of Dr. Paul Greenough.