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== Stage 3 ==
 
== Stage 3 ==
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* Delivery of the placenta should occur within 2 hours.
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* If delivery of the placenta exceeds 6 hours, this is considered abnormal.
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* If the placenta does not pass within 24 hours, veterinary intervention is required.
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=== Placenta ===
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* Usually delivered 'inside out'.
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** Should be reddish in colour with a slightly rough surface.
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* Occasionally it is reversed.
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** Whitish in colour with a smooth surface.
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* Crescent shaped with the pattern of both uterine horns visible.
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