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Scientists in New Zealand move closer to curbing global warming with a vaccine for sheep flatulence.


In New Zealand, burping and farting are no laughing matter. Such behavior by sheep and cattle, mind you accounts for 32 percent of the island nation’s greenhouse gases emissions. For years now, Kiwi scientists have been investigating ways to reduce the methane the livestock produce to return the country’s emissions to 1990 levels by 2013 as part of commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.

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