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News|Articles|December 1, 2023
News wrap up: Fetch Long Beach officially underway, and other veterinary news
Author(s)dvm360 Staff
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Happy Friday dvm360 readers! We are absolutely ecstatic to be heading into day 1 of our final conference of the year, Fetch Long Beach. Be sure to check in throughout the weekend to see our coverage of all that is happening in Long Beach.
As we are ready to tackle the first day of Fetch Long Beach, here is what was popular on dvm360.com this week:
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- The FDA recently
announced that LOY-001 a drug being developed by Loyal, a biotech company, has given its approval for the Reasonable Expectation of Effectiveness section in the application for condition approval that the company submitted to the FDA. Celine Halioua, CEO of Loyal, explained more in an exclusive interview with dvm360. - A new
study conducted at the University of Georgia by The Human Animal Bond Research Institute found that older adults who live alone and fostered shelter cats showed an improvement in mental health and a decrease in loneliness. - dvm360’s Australian correspondent Phil Tucak, BSc, BVMS,
shared updates on the new pet knee surgery clinic in Perth, plus more on the field veterinary epidemiology e-learning resource that was developed by The Asia Pacific Consortium of Veterinary Epidemiology. - On this week’s
episode of The Vet Blast Podcast, Silene St. Bernard, DVM, DACVPM, regional medical director at VCA Hospitals, joined host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, to discuss the information available on the mysterious canine respiratory disease that is impacting dogs across the United States, plus how veterinary teams can keep their own pets safe. - During an interview with dvm360, Curt Coffman, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC,
explained how veterinary professionals can approach dental extractions, plus why attendees at Fetch Long Beach should stop by his dentistry sessions. - And more!
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