On-field sporting traits and behaviour of indigenous cattle breeds in sporting events (jallikattu) of Tamil Nadu
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2019-12
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The on-field sporting traits and behaviours in bull baiting (jallikattu) were recorded in 857 sporting bulls in
Madurai and Trichy districts. The overall mean velocity, stride length, time spent within the boundary of fighters
and time taken to get tamed of the sporting bulls were 11.77±0.17 m/s, 7.07±0.09 m, 12.76±0.51 sec and 4.90±0.22
sec respectively. Overall on-field sporting behaviours like laterality, hooking, jumping, kicking and agonistic
behaviour were 30%, 16.8%, 24.9%, 15.3% and 10.50% respectively. The event of winning and losing, and place
of event had highly significant effects on velocity of sporting bulls. Place of event was found to affect the stride
length significantly. There was a highly significant effect on laterality, hooking and agonistic behaviour among the
winning and losing bulls. Presence or absence of hooking behaviour had highly significant effect and it was more
prominent in winning (19.3%) than in losing (11%) bulls.
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TNV_IJAS_2019_89(12)1404-1407
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Veterinary Science