H7N9始末:禽流感歷史回顧 曾經的那場虛驚
時間:2006年2月，地點:奧地利.維也納
時文報道：
Experts who conducted tests on 40 songbirds found dead in Vienna say they didn't die of bird flu as initially feared, but slammed into windows after becoming intoxicated from eating fermented berries.
上個月，奧地利首都維也納有40只燕雀離奇死去，有關專家日前對它們的屍體進行化驗分析後表示，這些鳥兒並非如人們最初所擔憂的那樣死於禽流感，而是在吃了發酵的漿果後進入“醉酒”狀態，撞上玻璃喪命的。The birds — whose remains were carefully examined to ensure they were not victims of avian influenza — had livers so diseased "they looked like they were chronic alcoholics," Sonja Wehsely, a spokeswoman for Vienna's veterinary authority, told Austrian television Thursday.
據美聯社2月2日報道，維也納市獸醫部門女發言人索妮婭·威斯利2月2日在接受奧地利電視臺記者採訪時表示，專家們對這些燕雀的屍體進行了極爲嚴格的檢查，最終確認它們並非禽流感的犧牲品。不過這些鳥的肝臟狀況卻已變得十分糟糕，以至於“它們看上去都像是老資格的酒鬼。”All died of broken necks after slamming into windowpanes, apparently after gorging themselves on berries that had begun to rot, turning the juice inside to alcohol, Wehsely said. She said the juice probably continued to ferment as the birds digested the berries, causing them to become disoriented and fly into the panes.
威斯利說，這些鳥均是在猛烈撞擊窗玻璃後因折斷脖子而死亡的。很顯然它們食用了大量已經開始腐爛且其汁液正逐步轉化成酒精的漿果。她還說，當那些漿果在鳥腹裏被消化時，其汁液可能仍處於繼續發酵的過程中，這使得燕雀們變得暈頭轉向，最終撲向玻璃自取滅亡。
Their discovery last month in a residential neighborhood of Vienna had triggered concerns that bird flu had reached the Austrian capital.
報道說，這些燕雀的屍體是在上個月於維也納一個居民區內被發現的，人們曾一度擔心這或許意味着禽流感已經“光臨”了奧地利首都。
