Chlamydia pecorum infection in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) on French Island, Victoria, Australia

AR Legione; J Amery-Gale; M Lynch; L Haynes; JR Gilkerson; FM Sansom; JM Devlin

Journal article

Chlamydia pecorum infection in free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) on French Island, Victoria, Australia

AR Legione, J Amery-Gale, M Lynch, L Haynes, JR Gilkerson, FM Sansom, JM Devlin

Journal of Wildlife Diseases | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.7589/2015-10-276

Abstract

We detected Chlamydia pecorum in two koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) from a closed island population in Victoria, Australia, previously free of Chlamydia infection. The ompA and multilocus sequence type were most closely related to published isolates of livestock rather than koala origin, suggesting potential crossspecies transmission of C. pecorum.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Alistair Legione Author

Michael Lynch Author

James Gilkerson Author

Joanne Devlin Author

Related Projects (1)

An investigation into the significance of two infectious diseases in populations of Victorian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

Alistair Legione is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment. We thank everyone involved in the collection of koala samples, particularly Parks Victoria.