Table 3.
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.