British cattle give TB to badgers, finds UC Davis expert
The controversial practice of killing wild badgers to prevent tuberculosis in cattle is unlikely to succeed, according to a newstudy led by Rosie Woodroffe, an ecologist at the University ofCalifornia, Davis, and a member of Britain's Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB. In Britain, farming interests and badger protectionists have battled for 30 years over the merits of culling badge...How badger culling creates conditions for spread of bovine TB
A stable social structure may help control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB) among badgers, ecologists have found. The findings ?published online in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Animal Ecology ?have important implications for the role of badger culling as part of the strategy to control bovine TB in the UK. According to the authors from the Central Science Laboratory an...Badger Ventures plans to fund IT; partisan stem-cell battle; BadgerNet draws fire
Badger Ventures, a newly forming venture capital firm, hopes to make waves in Madison and gather funding to invest in information technology companies. Also, state Assembly Republicans moved to deny new research tax credits to companies doing studies that require destroying embryos, and the state drew criticism over BadgerNet, a public-sector statewide network. Original air date: Saturday, Apri...State criticized over BadgerNet 2 execution; some doubt benefits
Critics of the state's plan to replace its decade-old video and data network, BadgerNet, were surprised to hear on Tuesday that a contract with an SBC-headed alliance had already been signed. The Wisconsin BadgerNet Access Alliance, a group of companies including SBC, Verizon, Norlight, CenturyTel and local telcos, has been contracted to build...New Madison VC firm Badger Ventures looks for next big IT entrepreneurs
David Redick knows something about venture capital, having received plenty of it in his time as a telecom entrepreneur. Now Redick, a longtime denizen of Silicon Valley and recent emigrant to Madison, has jumped to the other side of the aisle with , a nascent venture capital firm focused on providing early stage funding...