While I was doing a C-section last week, the producers and I were talking about how thick and tough a lot of that placental tissues are. Then pretty soon we were on the subject of heifers choking and dying on eating placentas that weren’t even theirs. That’s owning livestock. So, I thought an article about placentas seemed fitting.
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A cow eats her placenta.
Lainie Kringen-Scholtz, DVM, is owner of True North Veterinary Health and associate at Big Sioux Veterinary Care. Reach her at truenorthveterinaryhealth@gmail.com or PO Box 117, Wentworth, SD 57075.





