Big in Japan: Drinking pig placenta keeps Japanese women beautiful {Gadling}

Aug 15th 2008 6:13PM Wow, I didn't know why sows ate their placenta. I raise hogs 20 years ago and would see this happening. Before we quit using antibiotics, chemical wormers, and chemical lice and mange control, we needed to inject an occasional flighty sow with oxytocin to get her to relax and let their milk down so the baby pigs could nurse.