The snow-white Viatina-19 cow weighs over 1,100 kg, twice as much as the average individual of this breed, and is the most expensive cow in the world.
Due to its estimated value of $4.3 million, Viatina-19 is constantly monitored by cameras and protected by an armed guard. Many Brazilians visit her barn on a farm near the city of Uberaba in the eastern state of Minas Gerais to see the unusual animal.
According to the Associated Press, the price of the cow is three times greater than the value of the last most expensive cow in the world sold. This is due to the fact that Viatina-19 gained a lot of muscle tissue very quickly, is very fertile and passed on its characteristics to its offspring.
“She’s the closest to perfection,” said Lorrany Martins, the veterinarian caring for the cow. “She is a complete cow, she has all the characteristics that all breeders are looking for,” she added.