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World Service,24 Jan 1995,13 mins

Protecting Livestock from Plant Poisons

The Farming World

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Livestock often eat poisonous plants like acacia in times of drought. Australian scientists have developed a rumen bacteria to act on the poison before it kills the sheep. Also, how the demand for water in urban China has impacted on the enviroment and farming.

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