Some other diseases Bos taurus experience are East Coast Fever (ECF) which is an acute, tick-borne disease causing high rates of morbidity and mortality in cattle, and Anaplasmosis which is a vector-borne, infectious blood disease.
To put it in perspective for a friend, see how high you can count during that time. Believe it or not, there actually have been people who have held their breath for even longer than 11 minutes, though. The Guinness Book of World Records has a special category for holding your breath underwater.
1 Breathe in deeply through your nose, expanding your abdomen and then filling your lungs with air. 2  Hold your breath for a couple of seconds. 3  Breathe out slowly through your mouth and empty your lungs completely.  Repeat for 5 to 10 minutes.