Gastrointestinal parasites cost the Australian sheep industry around $400 million each year with huge implications for animal welfare. The most common way of de-worming sheep is by ?drenching? them but most worm populations are now showing resistance to the drugs which are used. This drug resistance is leading scientists working with the CSIRO to look for new treatments derived from the venom of spiders. https://blog.csiro.au/sheep-parasites-spider-venom/
South
Korean researchers who combined animal cells with rice grains say the product
can help combat food insecurity and climate change. The hybrid beef-rice—which
has higher nutritional content than regular rice thanks to the addition of
bovine muscle and fat cells—is said to taste nuttier and feel harder than its
conventional counterpart
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