Sneak peek: dvm360’s final Fetch conference of the year kicks off this weekend, and other news

Happy Tuesday dvm360 readers! Can you believe we are just days away from Fetch Long Beach, our final conference of 2025. To all the attendees, speakers, and exhibitors that came to our events this year, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for such a fun and amazing year for Fetch! With the launch of our new location, Fetch National Harbor, as well as many other fun events on site, including learning from top industry speakers, friendship bracelet making, lunch and learns, live podcast recordings for The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, and more, this was such a memorable year!

The dvm360 team had such a blast with all of you this year, and we are looking forward to doing it all again in 2026! You can still sign up for Fetch Long Beach, as well Fetch Charlotte 2026, on the Fetch website.

As you are heading to Long Beach, here is some of the content coming out of dvm360.com this week that you can catch up on during your travels:

• Edward, a 2-year-old wolverine from the San Francisco Zoo & Garden, became the first wolverine to have a custom-made intraocular lens implanted In his left eye following his recent cataract surgery. The surgery came about after his team noticed that his right eye was cloudy and alerted the veterinary team at the zoo.
• The University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital is among the first veterinary hospitals to offer A new minimally invasive treatment option called cystoscopic laser lithotripsy, which is ‘changing the game’ for patients with bladder and urethral stones.
• On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, our host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, welcomes Hunter Finn, DVM, and Noga Schiller, DVM, to the show to chat about vaccine tittering in general practice. You can listen to the episode right here on dvm360.com, or wherever you listen to your podcasts!
• The FDA issued draft guidance outline specific product types that the FDA believes 6 months non-human primate toxicity testing can be reduced or eliminated as part of the FDA’s continued progress in modernizing nonclinical drug evaluation to reduce animal testing and make it more efficient.
• In recent news from the American Veterinary Medical Association, biomarkers, although have been a part of a veterinarian’s toolbox for a long time, their use is now expanding rapidly as specialists, clinicians, and researchers continue to uncover innovative ways to use them in daily practice.
• And more!