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For more information about the ritual consumption of placenta see Placenta: Society and culture. Human and animal placentas are also used as a source of extracts for ingredients in various consumer products such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, hair care products, health tonics, and food products other than ritual consumption by the mother or family.
Articles relating to the placenta, a temporary embryonic and later fetal organ that begins developing from the blastocyst shortly after implantation.It plays critical roles in facilitating nutrient, gas and waste exchange between the physically separate maternal and fetal circulations, and is an important endocrine organ, producing hormones that regulate both maternal and fetal physiology ...
The form of the human placenta is generally classified as a discoid placenta. Within this, the cotyledons are the approximately 15-25 separations of the decidua basalis of the placenta, separated by placental septa. [3] Each cotyledon consists of a main stem of a chorionic villus as well as its branches and sub-branches. [3]
Dried human placenta as medicine (ziheche) (紫河车) Although the placenta is revered in many cultures, there is scarce evidence that any customarily eat the placenta after the newborn's birth. [10] Those who advocate placentophagy in humans believe that eating the placenta prevents postpartum depression and other pregnancy complications.
Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus is a normal member of the sheep gastrointestinal microbiome. [4] Transmission occurs through the fecal-oral route or by hematogenous spread from the intestine to the reproductive tract and placenta. [29] [25] Infection from ingestion of Cff-contaminated placenta is also a possible route of infection.
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Sheep have a breeding season (tupping) in the autumn, though some can breed year-round. [1] As a result of the influence of humans on sheep breeding, ewes often produce multiple lambs. This increase in lamb births, both in number and birth weight, may cause problems with delivery and lamb survival, requiring the intervention of shepherds. [2]
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