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Much can be learned about general molecular and cellular biology through the examination and comparison of these differences. To varying degrees, implantation in all species includes alterations in epithelial polarity, the transformation of the endometrial stroma, the differentiation of the trophoblast, cell-to-cell and tissue-to-tissue signaling through hormones, cytokines, and extracellular vesicles, and the alteration of the maternal immune system. This review focuses on implantation in pigs, sheep, and cows. These species share with mice\/rats and humans\/primates the key events of early embryonic development, pregnancy recognition, and the establishment of functional placentation. However, there are differences between the pregnancies of livestock and other species that make livestock unique biomedical models for the study of pregnancy and cell biology in general. Pig, sheep, and cow conceptuses (embryo\/fetus and associated placental membranes) elongate prior to implantation, displaying central implantation, extended periods of conceptus attachment to the uterus, and epitheliochorial (pigs) and synepitheliochorial (sheep and cows) placentation. This review will discuss what is understood about how the trophoblast and extraembryonic endoderm of pig, sheep, and cow conceptuses elongate, and how a major goal of current in vitro models is to achieve conceptus elongation. It will then examine the adhesion cascade for conceptus implantation that initiates early placental development in pigs, sheep, and cows. 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