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Dalan Animal Health Ships First Honey Bee Vaccine to Tauzer Apiaries, Potentially Protecting 25 Million Bees.

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Dalan Animal Health, Inc. (“Dalan”), the biotech company pioneering insect health with the world’s first honey bee vaccine, is proud to announce its first product shipment to a commercial beekeeper.

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  • Dalan Animal Health, Inc. (“Dalan”), the biotech company pioneering insect health with the world’s first honey bee vaccine, is proud to announce its first product shipment to a commercial beekeeper.
  • The shipment is for Trevor Tauzer of Tauzer Apiaries in California and contains 500 doses, potentially protecting 25 million bees at an average of 50,000 bees per hive.
  • Tauzer, also a board member of the California State Beekeepers Association , said, “We are excited about the arrival of Dalan's honey bee vaccine.
  • The honey bee vaccine, manufactured by Diamond Animal Health (Des Moines, IA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heska (NASDAQ: HSKA), will initially be distributed on a limited basis to commercial beekeepers and queen producers.

First-in-Class Honeybee Vaccine Receives Conditional License from the USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

One-third of the global food supply relies on pollination, and healthy commercial hives are essential to secure high crop yields.

Key Points: 
  • One-third of the global food supply relies on pollination, and healthy commercial hives are essential to secure high crop yields.
  • Global population growth and changing climates will increase the importance of honeybee pollination to secure our food supply.
  • The USDA has issued the conditional license in the first instance for two years.
  • Dalan will distribute the vaccine on a limited basis to commercial beekeepers and anticipates having the vaccine available for purchase in the United States in 2023.