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This study developed haematological RIs for wild, clinically healthy southern Australian koalas of known <jats:italic>C. pecorum<\/jats:italic> and KoRV infection status and investigated the effects of population, age and sex.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Haematological RIs were determined for 138 clinically healthy South Australian koalas (Mount Lofty Ranges [MLR], n = 68; Kangaroo Island, n = 70) examined in April 2016 and February 2017, respectively. <jats:italic>C. pecorum<\/jats:italic> and KoRV status were determined by PCR.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>RIs for southern koala haematological parameters were established for all koalas based on the finding that there were limited differences in haematological values in koalas with subclinical <jats:italic>C. pecorum<\/jats:italic> or KoRV infections (P\u2009&gt;\u20090.05), except KoRV\u2010infected koalas had a lower haematocrit than noninfected koalas. MLR koalas had significantly lower erythrocyte mass and leucocyte counts than Kangaroo Island koalas. Young koalas had significantly lower haemoglobin, haematocrit and higher mean cellular haemoglobin concentration and lymphocyte counts than adult koalas. 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