The Visual Guide to
Ovine Reproduction
- Lambing Facilities
- Normal Lambing
- Early Signs of Labor
- Presentation
- Lambing Injuries
- Cesarean Section
- Fetotomy
- Neonate
Obstetrics: Early Signs of Labor
Mucus from Vagina.
This ewe is in the early stage of labor. Her vulva and her udder are swollen, and there is a discharge of cervical mucus. Stage 1.
Smith MC (2006)
Restless Prepartum Ewe.
Restless ewe in the first stage of labor, the stage of dilation of the cervix. She is circling and trying to find a comfortable position and place.
Smith MC (2006)
Fetal Membranes Showing.
Appearance of the fetal membranes signals the onset of true labor in the ewe.
Villarroel A (2013)