Hello everyone. My name is Pranav Vashisht and I’m a graduate student of Food Science and today I’m going to tell you about the Yuvraj and Sultan who are known as the superbulls of the India.
Yuvraj is a 9 years old bull who belongs to Murrah breed and his semen costs around 150,000 INR (2100 USD) for one ejaculation. He drinks 20 kg of milk every day to stay fit and healthy. So far he has more than 200,000 calves all over the country. He is 5 feet and 7 inches tall with 1500 kg (3307 lbs) of weight and has been the National Livestock Champion 24 times for his vital statistics. This bull produces around 45000 doses annually and each dose consists of around 6 milliliter of semen from which 600 diluted doses are prepared through scientific dilutions and given to the different buffaloes.
Another superbull is Sultan who is also famous as the “Whiskey drinking bull” because of his drinking habit. His caretakers say that he loves to drink whiskey and he drinks it every night. He is 5 feet and 11 inches tall with a weight of around 1500 kg (3307 lbs) and has been the National Livestock Champion for 6 times. He is the tallest Murrah bull of the world. This bull produces around 54000 semen doses annually. His semen cost is around 10 million INR (1.43 lakhs USD) and his daily diet includes 10 kg of milk, 15 kg of apples, 20 kg of carrots, 10 kg of grains and 10-12 kg of green leaves. Once an South African farmer offered 21 crore INR (3 million USD) to buy this bull but his owner refused to sell because of his emotional attachment with him.
Farmers who want a good breed of buffalo for dairy farming buys semen of Yuvraj and Sultan and this breed of buffaloes is known to produce more than 20 liters of milk every day.
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