Koalas to Receive Vaccine Shot Against Chlamydia

Published on February 28, 2024

Queensland’s koalas are set to be vaccinated against chlamydia, a debilitating bacterial infection that could infect their eyes and render them blind.  Chlamydia—a common sexually transmitted infection in people—is one of the leading causes of death of koalas, with about 20 percent of koalas in Brisbane contracting the disease. Other leading killers of koalas are car strikes and dog attacks.  “It can be quite a painful death,” said Sean Fitzgibbon, an ecologist from the University of Queensland. “Their eyes can become so inflamed from the chlamydia that they close over … it also affects their bladder, it makes the bladder wall really thick so they become incontinent.”...

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