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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.
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]
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]
Voodoo Child - ABBI bull. 2007 and 2008 PRCA Bull of the Year. [18] Breeding information. [44] Voodoo passes away, his achievements in the PBR. [45] Bones - PBR World Champion Bull in 2008 and 2010. [21] PBR Brand of Honor. [46] Bones' sire is 263 Bone Collector. [47] His mother is a daughter of Whitewater, a well-known breeding bull. [48]
[5]: 115 In 1910 a part-zebuine bull, descended from an Ongole bull imported in 1906 directly from India, was acquired and was cross-bred with cows of the Shorthorn stock. [ 3 ] : 290 The results were promising, and in 1918 the ranch bought fifty-two taurindicine bulls with no less than 75% zebuine parentage, in the hope of creating a composite ...
The Brahmana bull in America is an off-breed of the Ongole. The population of Ongole off-breed in Brazil is called Nelore and is said to number several million. The famous Santa Gertrudis breed developed in Texas, USA have Ongole blood. This makes Ongle breed the largest cattle breed by numbers, in the world surpassing even Wildebeest of africa ...
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Other times he spent in the pasture so he had exercise, company, and breeding with the cows. Berger also sold his sperm for artificial insemination at $700 per straw. [16] Little Yellow Jacket would wake up mornings in his pen and command the other bulls to come "join him for a drink of water". [16] He was definitely the dominant bull at the ...