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=== [[Parturition Behaviour - Mare|Mare]] ===

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===[[Parturition Behaviour - Cow| Cow]] ===

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===[[Parturition Behaviour - Ewe| Ewe]] ===

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~~==[[Parturition Behaviour - Cow| Cow]] ==~~

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~~== Ewe ==~~

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

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~~=== Stage 2 ===~~

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* Completed within 1 hour usually.

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* Lambs normally in enterior presentation.

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* In twin births where one foetus occupies each horn, one horn develops contractions before the other.

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** Hence distocia due to simultaneous presentation is more common when both foetuses occupy the same horn.

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~~=== Stage 3 ===~~

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

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~~[[Category:Parturition]][[Category:Reproductive Behaviour]]~~

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== Sow ==

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