We speak with Simon Olver, Golf Course Manager at Ganton Golf Club, about his passion for the game of golf, his career journey in the industry, and the experience of becoming a head greenkeeper at a very young age. We also dive into the topics of environmental stewardship at his golf course, efforts towards sustainability, and the rich history of Ganton Golf Club. Join us for a fascinating chat with a top industry professional plying his trade in North Yorkshire.

Links From The Podcast:

• Ganton Golf Club
• Simon's Recent Article 'Golf Course Project Management' In Northern Golfer Magazine

To mark world veterinary day, this episode is dedicated to celebrating the wonderful veterinary professionals who strive to make a difference, with a particular focus on a very special milestone: the esteemed Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons—or RCVS Fellowship. To help us dive a little deeper and truly appreciate what it means to be a RCVS Fellow, we are very honoured to have former RCVS president Dr Kate Richards here with us. Not only is Dr Richards a Fellow of the RCVS herself, but she is also an honorary Fellow of SRUC.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in SRUC and On the Hoof podcasts are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Scotland’s Rural College. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only, not professional advice. The "Scotland’s Rural College" name and all forms and abbreviations (including but not limited to SRUC, and inclusive of SAC Consulting) are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organisation, product, or service.

This ‘On the Hoof’ Podcast for vets in practice focuses on three livestock parasites, liver fluke, rumen fluke and Haemonchus. Alison Braddock speaks to special guest Philip Skuce who is a Principal Scientist in Parasitology at the Moredun Research Institute. Philip discusses the important issue of wormer resistance and the mantra ‘test don’t guess’ and discusses the increasing interest around veterinary medicines and the environment. Useful links for listeners include SCOPS | Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep and Promoting Sustainable Control of Cattle Parasites - COWS - Promoting Sustainable Control of Cattle Parasites.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in SRUC and On the Hoof podcasts are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Scotland’s Rural College. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only, not professional advice. The "Scotland’s Rural College" name and all forms and abbreviations (including but not limited to SRUC, and inclusive of SAC Consulting) are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organisation, product, or service.

In this podcast Alison Braddock, Marketing and Business Development Manager speaks to Colin Mason, VIO and Centre Manager, Dumfries, about Schmallenberg virus (SBV).

Colin explains about what the Scottish Surveillance system has picked up and what we need to be aware of as we look at calving and lambing in 2025.

The virus, which is spread by biting midges, is not a notifiable disease but there has been concern about the impact of this disease across the country. The podcast covers vaccination, diagnosis, and clinical signs.

Further details are available in our blogs Veterinary surveillance blogs | SRUC

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in SRUC and On the Hoof podcasts are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Scotland’s Rural College. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only, not professional advice. The "Scotland’s Rural College" name and all forms and abbreviations (including but not limited to SRUC, and inclusive of SAC Consulting) are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organisation, product, or service.

This latest On the Hoof episode for vets in practice addresses the issue of bovine respiratory disease. Alison Braddock, Marketing and Business Development Manager speaks to Colin Mason our well known contributor and Centre Manager in Dumfries who gives an update on this multifactorial disease. Further details on sampling are available on our website www.sruc.ac.uk/vets please also visit our Disease Surveillance Blogs Veterinary surveillance blogs | SRUC and tests available SRUC Veterinary Diagnostics | Farm animal diagnostics test and price list.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in SRUC and On the Hoof podcasts are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Scotland’s Rural College. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only, not professional advice. The "Scotland’s Rural College" name and all forms and abbreviations (including but not limited to SRUC, and inclusive of SAC Consulting) are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organisation, product, or service.

What does embedding sustainability in veterinary practice actually look like?

In this episode, we're delighted to have Hayley Potter, Senior Practice Director at the Old Golf House Veterinary Practice along side Adam Masri, Veterinary Lecturer at SRUC to help find out!

Earlier this year the Old Golf House Veterinary Practice won the RCVS sustainability award. This first opinion small animal surgery, which serves over ten thousand clients, achieved an ‘outstanding’ ranking in the RCVS’s new environmental accreditation. We hope that Hayley's valuable advice will be instrumental in inspiring us all to make the positive changes needed!

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in SRUC and On the Hoof podcasts are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Scotland’s Rural College. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only, not professional advice. The "Scotland’s Rural College" name and all forms and abbreviations (including but not limited to SRUC, and inclusive of SAC Consulting) are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organisation, product, or service.

In this episode Alison Braddock, SRUC Veterinary Services asks Mike Coffey about the application of genomic selection in livestock in the UK. Mike is an SRUC colleague and well known in the world of genomics, he is Professor in Livestock Informatics and Head of Edinburgh Genetics Evaluation Services (EGENES).

Genomic selection is now widespread in UK dairy and is gaining momentum in beef and sheep. It has led to large benefits for dairy and has the potential to revolutionise food production systems. Usually, people think of genomic improvement for productivity, but the process can be almost as equally effective for welfare traits, disease traits, society traits such as methane emissions and resource use traits such as feed efficiency.

This podcast follows a webinar on the subject which is available at Webinars Bitesize Programme and if you have any further questions about this subject please email alison.braddock@sruc.ac.uk

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in SRUC and On the Hoof podcasts are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Scotland’s Rural College. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only, not professional advice. The "Scotland’s Rural College" name and all forms and abbreviations (including but not limited to SRUC, and inclusive of SAC Consulting) are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organisation, product, or service.

In this ‘On the Hoof’ podcast for vets in practice, Alison Braddock, Marketing and Business Development Manager chats with SAC Consulting’s Mary Young who is a Ruminant Nutritionist with the livestock team.

In this second podcast with Mary, she explains about the Ruminant Subscription Service offered to vets and covers the important seasonal topics of forage budgeting, forage sampling and condition scoring.

Further information on body condition scoring suckler cows is available on these videos:

• The Benefits of Cow Condition Scoring - Part 1
• The Benefits of Cow Condition Scoring - Part 2

There is also a useful document on condition scoring here too.

Listen to Part I here.

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in SRUC and On the Hoof podcasts are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Scotland’s Rural College. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only, not professional advice. The "Scotland’s Rural College" name and all forms and abbreviations (including but not limited to SRUC, and inclusive of SAC Consulting) are the property of its owner and its use does not imply endorsement of or opposition to any specific organisation, product, or service.