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. 2019 Nov 25;9:17494. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53970-0

Table 3.

Percentage of koalas (N of koalas) by trauma type with and without co-morbidities  (N = 189 koalas with trauma) for koalas submitted to South-East Queensland hospitals and receiving necropsies at The University of Queensland from 2013 through to 2016.

Type of trauma Percentage koalas (N koalas)
Vehicle collisions
Healthy 56.9% (62)
All other diagnosis/trauma 39.5% (43)
Wasting unknown cause/trauma 3.7% (4)
Total 100% (109)
Animal attacks
Healthy 42.5% (17)
All other diagnosis/trauma 47.5% (19)
Wasting unknown cause/trauma 10.0% (4)
Total 100% (40)
Tree falls
Healthy 23.1% (3)
All other diagnosis/trauma 46.1% (6)
Wasting unknown cause/trauma 30.8% (4)
Total 100% (13)
Other causes*
Healthy 44.4% (12)
All other diagnosis/trauma 48.2% (13)
Wasting unknown cause/trauma 7.4% (2)
Total 100% (27)

*Trauma by other causes includes categories such as intraspecific trauma, heat stress, and undetermined cause.