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In mentation for the upcoming jallikattu for Pongal festival, wellness screening for jallikattu bulls officially commenced in Madurai from January 1 .
Veterinary teams are conducting rigorous carnal examinations to certify that each carnal is acceptable for the high-energy events. The assessment would represent the last hurdle for bull owners, who person spent months meticulously grooming and grooming their bulls specifically for these world-renowned competitions.
As the Avaniyapuram jallikattu event is scheduled archetypal connected January 15, the bull introspection to measure their carnal information is on a afloat plaything astatine the Avaniyapuram Government Veterinary Dispensary.
M. Babu, veterinary adjunct surgeon, said they would beryllium chiefly checking the bull for age, height, variety, strength and vaccine certificates.
“The eligibility certificate would beryllium given only if the bull was of an indigenous origin. Foreign breeds would beryllium rejected,” helium said.
Also, lone bulls aged much than 2 years with a tallness of 120 cm and supra would walk the initial examination.
“The bulls’ imaginativeness would beryllium examined alongside its scope of mobility and its quality to withstand the assemblage pressure,” Dr. Babu noted.
They indispensable person a steadfast physique arsenic thin bulls are not allowed into the arena, helium said. As the section dispensaries would person a anterior grounds of the local bulls’ vaccination history, transverse verifying the genuineness of the vaccination certificates would not beryllium an issue, he added.
“Though rubber stoppers for bulls’ horns were mandatory for the tamers’ safety, it is required to cheque the bluntness of the horns. If we cannot blunt the horns, then a rubber stopper is mandated,” Dr. Babu stated.
Once the fittingness certificates are issued, the bull owners person to upload them online to registry their bulls for the competitions.
