Research milestone reached as healthy koala leaves treatment program
In a research milestone, the first koala to receive the QUT-developed chlamydia vaccine has been released from the program and back into the wild.
In a research milestone, the first koala to receive the QUT-developed chlamydia vaccine has been released from the program and back into the wild.
Veterinary medicine
Mar 5, 2024
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Chlamydia is a major threat to koala populations across Australia. This bacterial disease infects between 20% and 90% of individuals in koala populations. It's a major cause of the rapid decline of many wild populations, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2023
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Australia's most populous state announced Tuesday a logging ban in a forest haven for koalas, aiming to protect the local population from being wiped out.
Ecology
Sep 12, 2023
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Conservation scientists from the University of Newcastle are using heat-detecting drones to capture data on koala populations in Port Stephens LGA.
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2023
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Financial payments made by land developers to offset their impacts on threatened species may fall short, according to University of Queensland-led research.
Ecology
Jul 9, 2023
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Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field trial in New South Wales.
Ecology
May 9, 2023
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University of Queensland virologists are a step closer to understanding a mysterious AIDS-like virus that is impacting koala populations differently across state lines.
Ecology
Nov 29, 2022
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Biobanking and assisted reproduction could become a reality for koalas by leveraging the existing technology used to help humans conceive. A detailed model, published in the international journal Animals, reveals this would ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2022
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Australia's wildlife was hit hard by the 2019-20 Black Summer megafires.
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2022
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Australia officially listed koalas across a swathe of its eastern coast as "endangered" on Friday, with the marsupials fighting to survive the impact of bushfires, land-clearing, drought and disease.
Ecology
Feb 11, 2022
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