The disease can lead to infertility and death in the cute marsupials.
After a check-up to make sure the animals are in good condition, researchers give them an anaesthetic and shots of vaccine, then keep them under observation for 24 hours after they wake up, to confirm there are no unexpected side-effects, she said.
When the first vaccinated koala was returned to her habitat on March 9, the scientists placed her cage at the base of a tree and opened the door. She quickly emerged and bounded up the tree trunk.Habitat destruction has had a significant impact on koala numbers in the eastern regions of New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.
While humans and livestock infected with the bacteria that causes chlamydia can be treated with antibiotics, it is not that simple for koalas.The ‘complex’ microbes inside the stomachs of koalas are designed to neutralise toxins in eucalyptus leaves that are their main food source, said Mathew Crowther, a conservation biologist at the University of Sydney. But their digestive systems can also neutralise some medicines so that ‘they don’t respond well to antibiotics treatment’, he said.
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