McDougall, Fiona K. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8669-9702
Speight, Natasha http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5367-0241
Funnell, Oliver http://orcid.org/0009-0006-4703-9377
Boardman, Wayne S. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1746-0682
Power, Michelle L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-4301
Funding for this research was provided by:
Macquarie University
Article History
Received: 29 November 2023
Accepted: 18 January 2024
First Online: 9 February 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Mounty Lofty Ranges koala sample collection in 2018 was approved by The University of Adelaide Animal Ethics Committee approval number S-2018-022 and the South Australian Department for Environment and Water (DEW) Scientific Research permit number Y26054-7. Kangaroo Island pre-fire koala sample collection was approved by The University of Adelaide Animal Ethics Committee approval number S-2013-198 and the South Australian Department for Environment and Water (DEW) Scientific Research permit number Y26054-6. Belair National Park koala sample collection in 2022 was approved by Flinders University Animal Ethics Committee approval number AEC BIOL 4222-13 and the South Australian Department for Environment and Water (DEW) Scientific Research permit number U27069. The acquisition of archived chlamydial disease diagnostic samples collected from koalas in veterinary care on Kangaroo Island and in mainland Australia was approved under the Macquarie University Animal Ethics Committee (ARA permit Reference No. 2020/027 − 2) permitting the collection samples from koalas in-care. Flying fox sample collection was conducted with approval from the animal ethics committees at Macquarie University (No. 2017/013) and the University of Adelaide (No. S-2015-028), along with a South Australia Department of Environment and Water Wildlife Scientific Permit (M-23671-1, 2 and 3) and an Opportunistic Sample Licence Agreement (R18B259) with Taronga Conservation Society Australia.