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Dairy breed bulls are particularly dangerous and unpredictable; the hazards of bull handling are a significant cause of injury and death for dairy farmers in some parts of the United States. [27] [28] [29] The need to move a bull in and out of its pen to cover cows exposes the handler to serious jeopardy of life and limb. [30]
A bull of the Chianina breed. The Chianina is both the tallest and the heaviest breed of cattle. Mature bulls stand up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), and oxen may reach 2 m (6 ft 7 in). [13] It is not unusual for bulls to exceed 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) in weight. [3] Males standing over 1.51 m (4 ft 11 in) at 12 months are considered top-grade.
Breeding of Spanish fighting bulls near Salamanca. The fighting bull is considered a symbol of Spain as in this Osborne road advertisement . Fighting cattle are bred on wide-ranging ranches in Spain's dehesas or in the Portuguese Montados, which are often havens for Iberian wildlife as the farming techniques used are extensive. [ 5 ]
Adult bulls can grow to 84 in (2,100 mm) in height with a mass of up to 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) [1] The bulls of the breed surpass the Brahman by more than 500 kg (1,100 lb) in mass. It is still been debated whether the Sibi is the biggest cattle breed in the world. Bulls have been shown to compete with Chianina. [2] [3]
Some were imported to the United States, and in 1960 a herd was started in New York State by cross-breeding some of them with an unrelated Canadian bull. [2]: 110 A breed society, the Ankole Watusi International Registry, was set up in 1983, [2]: 110 and in 1989 a breed standard was drawn up. [4]
[15]: 577 Herd bulls do not have time to feed during the rut due to constantly fighting other bulls as well as chasing and breeding cows. [14] Occasionally a third breeding phase will occur. This will usually take place around the end of October or early November. This is a result of yearling cows coming into estrus for the first time or two ...
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Bulls of this breed are known to be having great agility. A male weighs around 400 kg while a female weighs 300 kg. It is mainly a draught breed and frequently seen racing in locally popular bull cart races. A racing bull becomes very precious and sometimes may be sold at five times the price of a regular bull.