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May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month!!!This month we join the veterinary profession in celebrating veterinary nurse...
01/05/2026

May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month!!!

This month we join the veterinary profession in celebrating veterinary nurses. Having now run for over 20 years, the campaign spearheaded by the British Veterinary Nursing Association celebrates what it means to be a veterinary nurse, raising awareness of the significant contributions made by veterinary nurses to animal health and welfare.

Here at JSVC we celebrate our Nursing Team made up of our qualified registered veterinary nurses, animal care assistants and client care team ❤🤩

Susie
Tanya
Jade
Charlotte
Mandy
Rachel
Mandy
Liza
Kerisa
Lys

All these ladies are dedicated to their job, encompass excellence in all spheres of patient and client care and are the beating heart of JSVC. We are very lucky to have them! 🥰

To find out more about our team visit www.jsvc.co.uk.

To find out more about VNAM visit www.bvna.org.uk/project/veterinary-nursing-awareness-month-may-2026

MEDICATION FOCUSToday it's Cardalis under the microscope 🧐Cardalis is actually a dual therapy medication comprising of s...
16/04/2026

MEDICATION FOCUS

Today it's Cardalis under the microscope 🧐

Cardalis is actually a dual therapy medication comprising of spironolactone and benazepril. It comes in three different strengths and is prescribed depending on your pets' weight.

✅Spironolactone has several different actions:

1. Aldosterone receptor antagonism
Spironolactone blocks the effects of aldosterone, a hormone that tells the body to keep salt and water.
➡️ This reduces sodium reabsorption and water retention, while decreasing potassium excretion.

2. Potassium-sparing diuresis
Compared to loop diuretics, its diuretic effect is relatively weak.
➡️ Its main renal effect is fine-tuning electrolyte balance rather than producing large fluid shifts.

3. Anti-fibrotic and cardioprotective effects
By blocking aldosterone at the tissue level, spironolactone helps limit myocardial fibrosis and reduce vascular and cardiac remodelling.
➡️ This is a key reason it’s included in long-term management.

✅Benazepril is widely used in dogs with heart disease to counteract the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS). It's actions include:

1. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition, which normally converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II.
➡️ Result: lower levels of angiotensin II

2. Vasodilation (reduced afterload and preload)
With less angiotensin II blood vessels relax (vasodilation) to reduce afterload (resistance the heart pumps against) and it also reduces preload by decreasing venous return.
➡️ Overall, the heart doesn’t have to work as hard to pump blood.

3. Reduced aldosterone secretion
Lower angiotensin II means less aldosterone release:
➡️ Less sodium and water retention → helps limit fluid accumulation

Cardalis provides comprehensive RAAS blockade by combining benazepril and spironolactone, leading to reduced cardiac workload, improved fluid control, and protection against long-term heart damage—all in a single, convenient formulation and usually dosed once daily.

Contact us if you have any questions over your pets medication regime.

www.jsvc.co.uk
01477 534729
info@jsvc.co.uk

13/04/2026

Has your pet been diagnosed with heart disease?? At a mild stage or at a more impactful stage?

Wondering what you can do at home to help??

One of the most helpful and sensitive ways that pet owners can help to assess their pet is by observing respiratory pattern and effort and also counting the RESTING respiratory rate of the pet.

➡️This means counting the respiratory cycle (a breath in and out) over 10, 15 or 30 seconds and then calculating the rate over 60 seconds.

It's really helpful when this is done when pet's have a mild stage of disease so that we know where the baseline for the respiratory rate is, then when heart disease progresses

➡️ a change of respiratory pattern and effort can often be observed

➡️and the resting respiratory rate often also increases.

When pet's have a more impactful stage of disease a close watch on the respiration helps to quantify when

➡️stable disease becomes unstable
leading to timely recheck appointments when medication regimes can be adjusted to control the disease process again.

Watch the video for a guide on counting respiratory rates. Here Tess breathes 6 times in 30 seconds 😊

Contact us for more guidance on monitoring your pet at home ❤

www.jsvc.co.uk
01477 534729
info@jsvc.co.uk

We have recently said a sad farewell to two members of the JSVC team 😞Phil joined JSVC a year ago and has become an expe...
09/04/2026

We have recently said a sad farewell to two members of the JSVC team 😞

Phil joined JSVC a year ago and has become an experienced echocardiographer and cardiologist under the Team's tutelage. It has been a total pleasure watching him develop and lift the Team with his humour and passion for food! 😋 We wish him well in his next role within general practice ❤

Kat joined JSVC 6 months ago and what an amazing impact she had! Her skills as a veterinary nurse are phenomenal and her ability to envelop the Team with her positive attitude and passion for patient care is infectious. We wish her well in her next role within a multidisciplinary team. ❤

We will miss working with both Kat and Phil but we know they may have left their roles with JSVC but never the friends they have made here 🥰

Introducing the extremely beautiful Asha. Asha is a Bengal cat and is a famous award winning feline! 😻🙌Our Team went to ...
06/04/2026

Introducing the extremely beautiful Asha. Asha is a Bengal cat and is a famous award winning feline! 😻🙌

Our Team went to visit Asha at her home as she has become increasingly anxious on her trips to her primary care vets. Asha has been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and kidney disease. She has been carefully monitored for both as both body systems are intrinsically intertwined and extra stress is detrimental to both disease processes. The investigations were performed without any stress to Asha and she enjoyed a tasty snack afterwards to sweeten the moment 😋

Our Team were treated to a look at Asha's amazing rosette wall and also her photo plaque commemorating her Olympic achievement 🤩

Contact our Team if you think your pet would benefit from a cardiac home visit ❤

www.jsvc.co.uk
01477 534729
info@jsvc.co.uk

Contact us in emergencies by calling 01477 534729
02/04/2026

Contact us in emergencies by calling 01477 534729

MEDICATION FOCUSThis time we are focussing on furosemide 🤓Furosemide, commonly known as Frusemide, Frusedale and Libeo, ...
26/03/2026

MEDICATION FOCUS

This time we are focussing on furosemide 🤓

Furosemide, commonly known as Frusemide, Frusedale and Libeo, comes in various strengths as tablets and is available in injectable form as Furosemide, Lasix and Dimazon.

Furosemide is a potent loop diuretic. We use it in animals to treat congestive heart failure and reduce fluid accumulation in the lungs (pulmonary oedema). It works by causing the kidneys to remove excess fluid from the body through increased urine production.

Important Considerations

✅Monitoring: Access to fresh water must be maintained, as the medication can cause dehydration.

✅Side Effects: Increased urination, thirst, dehydration and low electrolyte levels.

✅Precautions: Use with caution in dogs with pre-existing kidney disease, diabetes, or electrolyte imbalances.

Furosemide is often the first line of diuretic therapy for left-sided congestive heart failure and can make a huge difference to patients in a short amount of time. We use it intravenously via an intravenous catheter to gain control of increased respiratory rates and effort due to pulmonary oedema. Patients can then be switched to tablets for long term stabilisation.

Get in touch to ask us any further questions ☺

www.jsvc.co.uk
01477534729
info@jsvc.co.uk

MEET OUR PATIENTOne of the _nicest_ border collies you will ever meet, the beautiful Fleck 🥰Fleck came to our peripateti...
23/03/2026

MEET OUR PATIENT

One of the _nicest_ border collies you will ever meet, the beautiful Fleck 🥰

Fleck came to our peripatetic clinic for a recheck of her congenital heart defect, a ventricular septal defect (VSD), sometimes called a "hole in the heart". You can see the defect on the echo picture inside the yellow circle and a little better with the colour flow showing the blood flow through it.

Fleck's defect is quite small, meaning that there is a better chance that her condition will not cause her problems as her life goes on. Bigger defects can allow blood to flow from the right side of the heart to the left side (rather than the other way around) and need treatment. Fleck also has a bigger heart than usual, so we keep a check on her for this reason also ❤

After some snuggles with nurses Liza and Kat and some biscuit treats Fleck was soon on her way home again 😍

Many thanks to Bangor Vets4pets for hosting us this day 👍

Contact us to see if your practice is part of our peripatetic service ☺️

www.jsvc.co.uk
01477 534729
info@jsvc.co.uk

Introducing the very lovely Nola to you all 🥰Nola came to Mill Run Barn after a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) was suspe...
19/03/2026

Introducing the very lovely Nola to you all 🥰

Nola came to Mill Run Barn after a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) was suspected from an echo performed at a 6 monthly recheck appointment. The vessel was challenging to visualise on the echo but the turbulent blood flow could be appreciated and a minimally invasive surgical closure was planned.

Supported by Rachel and experienced anaesthetist Cesca, surgeon Mike began the procedure with a contrast angiography. The results of the contrast study surprisingly showed no PDA but an aberrant broncho-oesophageal vessel causing the turbulent blood flow! 🤓 There was no way to diagnose this without the contrast angiography.

Mike went on to thoroughly check Nola's vasculature and no other aberrant vessels could be appreciated 🙌 There was no treatment needed so the procedure was concluded.

Nola had an uneventful recovery, lots of belly rubs and went home the next day ❤

Visit our website to find out more about our fixed price minimally invasive cardiac procedures!

www.jsvc.co.uk

04/03/2026

A very special health testing day at subsidised prices to help all our breeders to breed the healthiest dogs we can

04/03/2026

HEALTH TESTING day 26th March at JSVC Twemlow lane
Cranage Cheshire CW48EX
MRI scanning £970 inc GA, MRI and submission for interpretation

BVA eye tests £68

Blood tests £40 handling, packaging, blood tubes, postage, reporting the results

Labokiln pack A episodic falling, dry eye and curly coat £66

Pack B episodic falling, dry eye MCAD, MMVD, MTC £138

Doppler heart testing £150 (reduced rate for CKCS club members £75 TBC)

Patella testing £65

Please contact the clinic 01477534729

NB there are limited MRI places of 10 dogs so please book in ASAP

Address

Mill Run Barn, Twemlow Lane, Cranage
Holmes Chapel
CW48EX

Telephone

+441477534729

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