Koala monitoring, vaccination, and genetic data from the Ruthven Chlamydia vaccination tri

The University of the Sunshine Coast provides datasets from a koala chlamydia vaccine field trial funded by the NSW Koala Research Plan. The data documents koala detection, capture, vaccination, and genetic sampling activities at the Ruthven study site in northern New South Wales. It supports spatial, demographic, health, and genetic analyses of a local koala population before and after vaccination.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of koala detection and health based on location data mentioned in the description
• Compare population-level health metrics before and after vaccination as described
• Study genetic diversity and its correlation with health outcomes based on genetic sampling data
• Model disease spread and vaccine efficacy in a wild koala population

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific, funded research project (KR‑2022‑02).
• Supports multiple analysis types: spatial, demographic, health, and genetic.
• Enables a before-and-after comparison of population-level patterns related to vaccination.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single field site in northern New South Wales.

Provenance

Source

The University of the Sunshine Coast

Collection Method

Field-based detection, capture, vaccination, and genetic sampling activities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 22:47:01.401552; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ruthven study site in northern New South Wales, Australia.