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The authorities concerned have taken preventive measures to contain possible spread of avian influenza from guest birds in Hakaluki Haor in Moulvibazar. The authorities have also examined samples of different species of guest birds in the lake, but no strain of bird flu has yet been detected. Medicines are being sprayed on fowls and eggs that enter the district. The administration has also barred entry of poultry birds into the district without valid documents.

Five dead crows were found at Srimangal on Saturday. The Department of Environment office at Kulaura said more than a lakh guest birds usually fly over to Hakaluki Haor every year. The department said it has been put in place measures since 2006 to check against the spread of possible strain of avian influenza. The department programme includes holding community meetings, distribution of leaflets, and putting signs at the entrances to the lake.

A teacher of the Bangladesh Agricultural University, Aminul Haque, along with some of his students visited Hakaluki Haor in the last week of January and collected samples of guest birds and other aquatic birds for examination of bird flu virus strain, the environment department said. Officials at the Department of Livestock Services said they had been spraying medicines in and around the lake.

Restrictions have been ordered or entry of flows into the district without clearance documents. Residents of Srimangal said they had found five dead crows in an area of the town on Saturday. District livestock services officer Abdul Awal Bhuyan said they had found only one dead crow, but no strain of bird flu was detected. The crow as buried deep into the soil.

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