Fertility Management of Koalas, Kangaroos and Wallabies

这项工作的目的是在大量袋鼠和考拉身上测试一种商业上可用的长效避孕药，并设计出有效、经济和实用的方法来向动物提供这些避孕药。其结果将是一个控制这些动物数量的系统，该系统在经济上是现实的，并为国家和国际社会所接受。避孕药是作为一个小的皮下植入物在脖子后面给药的。它可以非常快地植入体内，并且没有有害的副作用。另一个结果可能是它被世界其他地区采用，对制造它的公司有利。

The aims of this work are to test a commercially available long-acting contraceptive on large populations of kangaroos and koalas, and to devise efficient, economic and practical ways of delivering these contraceptives to the animals. The outcome will be a system of controlling the number of these animals which is economically realistic and acceptable to national and international communities. The contraceptive is administered as a small, subcutaneous implant in the back of the neck. It can be inserted very quickly and has no harmful side effects. A further outcome may be its adoption in other parts of the world, to the advantage of the company which manufactures it.