據外媒報道，3月17日美國野生動物管理人員表示，美國至少2000只雪雁在向阿拉斯加州北海岸遷徙途中死亡，死因為疑似感染家禽霍亂。
據愛達荷州漁獵局（Idaho Department of Fish and Game）發言人洛辛斯基（Gregg Losinski）說，生物學家正在等待該州野生動物實驗室的化驗結果，以證實這些雪雁是否死于高度傳染性疾病。他稱，目前人類感染此病的風險很小，更多直接的威脅是針對周邊的野生動物。
部分原文報道如下：
about 2,000 snow geese migrating from Mexico to their Alaskan nesting grounds were found dead in Idaho, the state's Department of Fish and Game announced Monday. Although testing is still in progress, officials believe that the deaths are consistent with avian cholera.
The suddenness in which the birds died is part of the reason that experts suspect avian cholera, which kills acute sufferers in as little as six hours. “Basically, they just fell out of the sky,” Fish and Game spokesman Gregg Losinski told Reuters.
原文鏈接：<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/03/17/basically-they-just-fell-out-of-the-sky-2000-snow-geese-found-dead-in-idaho/>
日期：2015-03-19
