title: A mortality survey of free range koalas from the north coast of New South Wales.
abstract: In the period 1980 to 1986, 127 free range koalas from the north coast of New South Wales were presented for necropsy. Thirty-three koalas had urogenital disease alone, 8 had respiratory disease alone, 2 had digestive tract disease alone, 12 had multiorgan disease, 48 had traumatic injuries, 6 had neoplasia, 3 had miscellaneous conditions, while 15 had no significant lesions. Common naturally occurring disease entities included cystitis, conjunctivitis, paraovarian cysts, metritis and pneumonia. Lymphosarcoma was the common neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology and Bacteriology, University of Sydney, New South Wales.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Canfield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008394:Marsupialia; D009026:Mortality; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D009517:New South Wales; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary