一種用於治療樹熊披衣菌感染的疫苗首次獲批准！幾十年來，部分樹熊種群一直受到披衣菌感染的威脅；披衣菌相信是由牲畜帶到樹熊的，而樹熊會透過交配或密切接觸互相傳染，例如幼樹熊於母親育兒袋內餵食。在一些樹熊群落，感染率可高達 70%。然而，提供這種新疫苗的成本高，研究團隊希望獲得資金，製作疫苗分發給野生動物醫院及野外的樹熊。
A vaccine to treat chlamydia in koalas has been approved! Koala populations have been threatened by chlamydia for decades. It is believed that the disease was introduced by livestock and can be transmitted through mating or close contact—such as joeys feeding in their mother’s pouch. In some colonies, the infection rate can be as high as 70%. However, providing this new vaccine is costly, and the research team hopes to secure funding to distribute it to wildlife hospitals and to koalas in the wild.
