This article is part of the supplement: Perinatal Death In Domestic Animals: The 20th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)

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Placenta functions with special emphasis on endocrine changes – a comparative overview

Hans Kindahl

Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

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from Perinatal Death In Domestic Animals: The 20th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)
Reykjavik, Iceland. 26–27 April 2007

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2007, 49(Suppl 1):S15doi:10.1186/1751-0147-49-S1-S15

Published:	12 December 2007

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The placenta is literally a "sac" covering and allowing the foetus to be nourished and developed until the process of parturition. Trophoblastic cells are part of/responsible for the "maternal recognition of pregnancy" as well as initiation of parturition. After parturition this temporary organ should be expelled as soon as possible. There are many intrinsic factors involved in all these processes to bring the conceptus/foetus to a successful end and also guarantee that the newborn can manage the first time of postnatal life.