
A dolphin has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the second native(本地的,土生的) mammal species known to have contracted(感染(疾病)) the virus.
南澳大利亚州一只海豚死于H5禽流感,标志着该病毒已知感染的第二种本地哺乳动物物种。
On Friday afternoon, the Tasmanian government said it was assessing the discovery of about 100 dead little penguins on King Island but it was unable to test them for H5 bird flu due to(由于,因为) their “decayed(腐烂的,腐败的) condition”.
周五下午,塔斯马尼亚州政府表示,正在评估在金岛发现的约100只死亡小企鹅的情况,但由于尸体“腐烂”,无法对其进行H5禽流感检测。
It comes as(正值……时候) the federal government announced it would withdraw(撤离,撤回) researchers from the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island research station due to the “psychosocial(心理社会的) risk” of witnessing potential mass seal deaths from H5N1 during the upcoming seal breeding(繁殖的) season.
与此同时,联邦政府宣布,由于在即将到来的海豹繁殖季节,研究人员可能目睹H5N1导致的大规模海豹死亡,存在“心理社会风险”,因此将从亚南极麦夸里岛研究站撤离研究人员。