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New Zealand breeds low methane-emitting sheep
December 10 , 2019
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- The New Zealand livestock industry has begun a “global first” genetic program “Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Genetics”. It has launched a new “methane research breeding value”.
- That would help to tackle climate change by breeding low methane-emitting sheep.
- These grazing animals can be genetically modified to contribute less to the destruction of the ozone layer.
- There are about six sheep for each person in New Zealand, and the livestock industry accounts for about one-third of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
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