Sneak peek: FDA approves its first bioequivalent injectable solution used for antiemetic feline and canine patients, and other news

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If you missed Fetch Long Beach, dvm360’s editorial team has been hard at work with onsite interviews, lecture recap articles, and more! You can check out all our coverage on the dedicated Fetch Long Beach page.

While our team is continuing our Fetch Long Beach coverage this week, here are other news story you will find on dvm360.com:

• Dechra announced today that its maropitant citrate (Emeprev; Dechra) received approval from the FDA, making it the agency’s first approved bioequivalent injectable solution to the most widely used antiemetic for canine and feline patients.
• This week, the Vet Blast Podcast presented dvm360 will air not 1, but 2 episodes! On Tuesdays regularly scheduled episode, Derek Matthews, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology), joins host Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, to provide listeners with feline cardiology insights. Then, this Thursday, Christman welcomes Megan Shephard, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition) to chat more about acute and chronic gastrointestinal patients, with a focus on nutritional assessments.
• The American Veterinary Medical Association’s House of Delegates will convene in Chicago on January 8-9, where they will consider new policies on animal training, camelid castration, veterinary technician training, and education.
• Our most recent installment of Clinic Center is going to be available this week. Learn more about the San Antonio Zoo’s new gorilla habitat that just opened, where the next 3 Lovet Pet Healthcare hospitals are going, and the cat café making its way to Dallas, Texas.
• The Borneo Orangutan Rescue Alliance announced it has purchased a wildlife ambulance that will be dedicated to treating and rescuing wild orangutan in Boreno, Asia, making it the first-ever wildlife ambulance dedicated to these primates.
• And more!