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Australia approves vaccine to guard koalas from chlamydia
The Tycoon Herald > World > Australia approves vaccine to guard koalas from chlamydia
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Australia approves vaccine to guard koalas from chlamydia

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By Tycoon Herald 4 Min Read Published September 15, 2025
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A koala and joey climb a tree in bushland situated close to central Brisbane on Dec. 14, 2024.

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A vaccine has been permitted to assist shield koalas towards chlamydia, a measure researchers are hailing as a world-first in combating the illness that could be a main explanation for dying for the beloved marsupials.

Researchers on the College of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC) in Australia stated Wednesday it took greater than 10 years to develop a single-dose vaccine that doesn’t require a booster that it hopes will assist in “reducing the rapid, devastating spread of this disease.”

“Some individual colonies are edging closer to local extinction every day, particularly in South East Queensland and New South Wales, where infection rates within populations are often around 50 percent and in some cases can reach as high as 70 percent,” Peter Timms, a microbiology professor on the college who led the analysis workforce, stated in an announcement.

In Australia, scientists begin vaccinating koalas against chlamydia

Chlamydia in koalas may cause blindness and cause them to starve to dying as a result of they can’t find bushes to climb for meals, in line with Koala Conservation Australia. It will probably additionally trigger infertility and harm a koala’s bladder to the purpose the place the internal wall turns into infected and the marsupial passes blood, the group stated.

The illness happens in koalas a number of methods, together with by mating, contaminated discharges and at start. Child koalas, referred to as joeys, can even catch chlamydia by consuming pap, a substance produced by a mom that is much like feces, if their mom is contaminated.

Antibiotics have been used to deal with the illness however it’s not at all times efficient and doesn’t forestall future infections, in line with the college. Antibiotics can even result in gastrointestinal negative effects that might hinder koalas’ means to digest eucalyptus leaves, that are the animals’ fundamental meals supply. Relying on the severity of the chlamydia and if it has progressed too far, euthanasia could also be an solely possibility.

That is why scientists are optimistic concerning the vaccine.

Sam Phillips, a senior researcher on the UniSC, stated the vaccine has been examined on tons of of untamed koalas and koalas in captivity.

“It’s based on Chlamydia pecorum’s major outer membrane protein (MOMP), and offers three levels of protection – reducing infection, preventing progression to clinical disease and, in some cases, reversing existing symptoms,” Phillips stated in an announcement.

The examine led by Phillips that revealed final yr discovered that the vaccine decreased indicators of chlamydia throughout a koala’s breeding age and decreased dying from the illness by 64%.

The college stated the vaccine has been permitted for manufacturing and widespread use by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA).

The company instructed NPR it permitted a allow authorizing use of the vaccine in koalas in June that runs by June 2027.

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