Bulls are ones of the largest animals, but even among them there are those that are particularly large in size. Today we will talk about a few such representatives who have become famous all over the world for their growth and weight.
Ukraine’s record-breaker
The biggest bull of Ukraine is Repp. Its weight is about 1500 kg. According to the workers of the Cherkassy breeding center, where the bull lives, they didn’t have the task to fatten the animal to this size. The bull began to grow rapidly due to balanced nutrition and care.
It is interesting, but bull is jealousy. The bull can’t put up with situation when the employees of the breeding center don’t pay attention to it, therefore bull tries in every possible way to remind them about itself.
Surprising and reproductive abilities of Repp. Over the year, it can contribute to the birth of 50 thousand calves..
Looking at the bull’s photos, we can conclude that it is aggressive enough. Therefore, in order to avoid misunderstandings, the horns of Repp were sawn.
World “celebrities”
The first famous record-breaker was the porcelain bull Donneto. It died many years ago, however, people still remember its nickname. The bull weighed 1740 kg, and its growth reached 190 cm.
The largest bull in the world, confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, is a bull called Chile. Each year, Chile is gaining a hundred pounds, and therefore determine its final weight is not yet possible. Nevertheless, the last time the scales showed more than 1300 kg.
In total, 100 kg of Chile is inferior to another representative of the same breed – Trigger. It is also still growing, so, probably, it can become an official record-breaker.
The leader in the weight category is a bull named Feldmarshal. Its weight is 1700 kg. Despite the huge size, the owners don’t intend to saw down the horns, because the animal is quite calm and balanced.
Speaking of wild bulls, we must mention the breed Gaur. Depending on nutrition, age and care, their weight can reach 1600 kg, and height – 3 meters.
Bull’s weight
So how to know the weight of a bull? For this purpose it is necessary to measure the girth of the animal’s breast behind the shoulder blades, and also the oblique length of the trunk.
Knowing these parameters, the weight of the animal can be determined by the table:
To determine the weight of the calf, the following table is suitable:
There are a number of other methods that can be used to determine the weight, for example, the Trukhanovsky and Kluver-Strauch method. You can also use a special tape.
