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Similar to the [[Parturition Behaviour - Cow|cow]], except incidence of twinning and triplets is high.

=== Stage 2 ===

* Completed within 1 hour usually.
* Lambs normally in enterior 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.


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