Meerut: A giant
1400 kg murrah bull was crowned on Friday champion at Meerut's All India Cattle
Show selected by a 10-member jury.
Its owner Kurukshetra-based Karamvir Singh`s has nurtured his murrah-breed
bull, as his own son. The bull stretches to 14 feet in length and a
couple of notches over 5 feet 9 inches in height.
Image: The A giant 1400 Kg Murrah bull named `Yuvraj`
The bull has proven to be cash cow for him as the bull’s semen
is in great demand across north India. It generates 3.5 to 5 ml high quality
semen everyday which is used to artificially inseminating Murrah buffalos. The
dairy farmer earns Rs. 2, 10,
000 every day by selling its semen.
The Murrah breed is the world famous high yield breed traditionally belongs to Rohtak in Haryana.
Having been earned the ‘Best
Animal trophy’ at several animal shows, Karamvir does not intend to sell `Yuvraj`at
any cost. The owner claimed that he was once offered Rs. 7 crore from a farmer from Chandigarh, but he
turned it down. Karamvir spends Rs. 25,000 a day on his bull, especially on its
diet that includes 20 litres of milk a day, 5kg of apples and 15kg of very fine
quality cattle feed.