Tamsyn Stephenson

Tamsyn Stephenson

Aug 01, 2019

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Beautiful female South Australian koala (in my garden)

Koalas in South Australia

24 hours left to get to target! Here's a few links to the media release and recent media attention has highlighted the important work of an University of Adelaide colleague and collaborators about South Australian Koalas:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/kangaroo-island-koalas-free-of-chlamydia-researchers-say/11271834

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news107622.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/02/world/chlamydia-free-koalas-trnd/index.html

We need a better understanding of the health status of all South Australian koalas in order to give us concrete knowledge on how to manage these populations. With proper management, disease knowledge and a coordinated, scientific approach to these populations, they could be an extremely important population for the survival of the species.

Please help us reach our goal and help fund ongoing work into South Australian koalas.

Thanks.

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About This Project

Diseases, particularly Chlamydia and koala retrovirus, play a key role in the decline of koala populations across northeastern Australia. South Australia (SA) koalas have a lower incidence and severity of these diseases, with Kangaroo Island free from Chlamydia. Therefore, these koalas may serve as insurance populations for the future of the species, and it is of great importance to undertake further health status and disease interaction research in SA koalas.

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