According to Taiwanese media reports, the 18-year-old giant panda " Tuantuan " in Taipei City Zoo had epilepsy and was sent to the Animal Hospital affiliated to NTU for health examination. After MRI MRI examination, it was initially found that there was a local liquefaction necrotic lesion in the left cerebral hemisphere; some brain neurosurgery experts speculated that Tuantuan was suspected of suffering from a "brain glioma" similar to humans. If it cannot be treated, it can only survive for half a year to one year. Because the symbolic meaning of "tuantuan" and "yuanyuan" are particularly affecting cross-strait relations, Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe said on the 211th that pandas cannot be required to live for a hundred years.
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Ko Wenzhe attended the press conference on the "2023 Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taipei" on the afternoon of the 11th. In response to the situation of giant panda "Tuantuan", are you considering applying for mainland Chinese experts to come to Taiwan? Ke Wenzhe responded that video is very developed now, "Unless it is really necessary, there is no need, our veterinarians in Taiwan are not bad either. Of course, taking care of giant pandas is relatively inexperienced, but if you talk about it through video, there is no problem."
As for not considering letting mainland Chinese experts come to Taiwan at present, is it considered that cross-strait relations are not good? Ke Wenzhe said that it is unlikely to apply to come to Taiwan. Now that the video is very developed, it is easy to transmit computer tomography, and seeing a doctor is not a big problem. Although Taiwan is less experienced in taking care of giant pandas, there is no problem with the veterinary level.
The media asked, "Tuantuan" was a symbol of cross-strait peaceful exchanges at that time, and would it affect cross-strait relations? Ke Wenzhe only said, "You can't ask that panda to live for a hundred years, there is nothing you can do."
Zoo spokesman Cao Xianshao said that the medical consulting team of Tuantuan doctors and veterinary doctors is currently doing risk assessments. As for some medical brain nerve experts who believe that "tuantuan" may not live for half a year to a year, Cao Xianshao said that his colleagues had previously investigated whether pandas had epilepsy in the mainland and found that it was difficult to identify whether pandas were really epilepsy in the past. Also, how long does it last? Cao Xianshao said that epilepsy is a clinical symptom, but what causes it is sometimes genetic; sometimes it may be a tumor; it may also be an infection. Some epilepsy phenomena derived from various lesions will become more and more serious over time, some may be acute, and some individuals can live for more than 20 years, just take anti-epileptic drugs. Cao Xianshao added that if it is reasonably suspected that it is genetic, it will track whether such a situation has occurred in the Tuantuan family in the past.
As for whether "Tuantuan" is suspected of suffering from "brain glioma" similar to humans? Cao Xianshao said that although "Tuantuan" has made MRI images, there are probably quite few pandas in the world who have done MRI, and there may even be only "Tuantuan". Since there is no relevant information that can be accurately compared, any lesions will not be tracked.
Cao Xianshao said that at present, both experts on the island and experts from mainland China have expressed goodwill, and have various risk assessments and information is smooth. If you need to discuss face-to-face or make analysis with your own eyes, you must see and judge the issue. Of course, it is not ruled out that the other party is invited, but in addition to the epidemic consideration, there are also processes that need to be completed. (Editor: Fang Yanyan)
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