Parturition Behaviour - Ewe

Similar to the cow, except incidence of twinning and triplets is high.

Stage 2

• Completed within 1 hour usually.
• Lambs normally in anterior presentation.
• In twin births where one foetus occupies each horn, one horn develops contractions before the other.
  • Hence distocia due to simultaneous presentation is more common when both foetuses occupy the same horn.

Stage 3

• Placenta usually expelled within 2-3 hours after birth of the lamb.