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What is an afterbirth?

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Updated: 11/15/2022

An afterbirth is the collective name for the material expelled via the birth canal, including the placenta, following childbirth in mammals.

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Do horses eat their afterbirth?

Horses may eat their afterbirth.


Which event is part of afterbirth?

The placenta that is expelled AFTER the BIRTH of a child, hence the name....afterbirth.


What is placenta called after it is expelled from the body after childbirth?

the placenta is called an afterbirth after the baby is born


What do monkey's do with their afterbirth?

eat it


What is the afterbirth called?

placenta


What is Macbeth wading in?

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If animals eat the afterbirth of their newborns why don't human mothers?

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How can you detach 4 newborn kittens from afterbirth?

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