{"id":30617,"date":"2025-03-07T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30617"},"modified":"2025-04-11T08:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:23:35","slug":"viatina-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/viatina-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Viatina-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Viatina-19 Latest News\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>In February 2025, an Ongole cow named Viatina-19 was sold for a record-breaking 4.38 million USD (approximately INR 40 crore) in Brazil&#8217;s Minas Gerais.<\/p>\n<h2>About Viatina-19<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Viatina-19 is a Nelore breed cow (Ongole cattle), renowned for its exceptional genetic qualities. The Nelore breed, originating from India and now prevalent in Brazil, is prized for its adaptability and meat quality.<\/li>\n<li>They are known for their unique genetic traits, including exceptional physical strength, heat resistance, and superior muscular structure. These qualities make them highly desirable for dairy.<\/li>\n<li>The Nelore breed is well known for its ability to adapt to tropical climates and disease resistance. Due to this, Viatina-19&#8217;s embryos are in high demand globally for breeding programs.<\/li>\n<li>The Nelore breed, which makes up the majority of Brazil&#8217;s cattle stock, is primarily raised for meat. According to the US Department of Agriculture, Brazil has about 230 million cows.<\/li>\n<li>However, in India, the original home of the Ongoles, the breed is facing the threat of extinction, its numbers halving from 15 lakh in 1944 to 6.34 lakh in the 2019 Livestock Census.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The price of the cattle, too, is relatively low in India \u2013 Rs 1 lakh for a cow and Rs 10 to 15 lakh for a prized bull.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Viatina-19 FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1.<\/strong> Why is Viatina so expensive?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>Viatina-19 is highly valued for its superior genetic traits, including exceptional size, muscle mass, and potential to produce high-quality offspring for Brazil&#8217;s beef industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>What is the most expensive cow in the world?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>The most expensive cow in the world is Viatina-19, an Ongole (Nelore) breed cow from Brazil, which sold for 4.38 million USD in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3.<\/strong> Which cow is worth 40 crore?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>Viatina-19, an Ongole (Nelore) breed cow from Brazil, was sold for approximately 40 crore Indian Rupees (4.38 million USD) in a record-breaking auction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/long-reads\/worlds-costliest-cow-booming-in-brazil-but-dwindling-in-india-9872907\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viatina-19, an Ongole cattle, has become the world&#8217;s most expensive cattle, fetching millions in Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}