Malvi

{{Infobox cattle breed

| name = Malvi

| image = Malvi 02.JPG

| image_size =

| image_alt = a humped white bull, with grey on the shoulders

| image_caption = Bull

| status ={{nobreak|FAO (2007): not at risk{{r|barb|page=58}}}}

| altname = {{unbulleted list|Malavi|Manthani|Mahadeopuri}}

| country = India

| distribution = Madhya Pradesh

| standard =

| use = draught

| nickname =

| maleweight = average: 499 kg{{r|dad}}

| femaleweight = average: 340 kg{{r|dad}}

| maleheight = 140 cm{{r|dad}}

| femaleheight = 130 cm{{r|dad}}

| skincolor =

| coat = white/grey

| horn = lyre-shaped

| subspecies = indicus

| note =

}}

File:Malvi 01.JPG

The Malvi or Malavi, also known as Manthani or Mahadeopuri, is breed of zebu cattle from the Malwa plateau in western Madhya Pradesh, in central India.{{r|dad}} It is a good draught breed; the milk yield of the cows is low.{{r|joshi|page=3}}

The breed has been studied at the Government Cattle Breeding Farm at Agar, in Shajapur district of Madhya Pradesh, for more than 50 years.{{r|sharma}}

References

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Barbara Rischkowsky, D. Pilling (eds.) (2007). [ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to [ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1250e/a1250e.pdf The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture]. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{ISBN|9789251057629}}. Accessed May 2015.

[http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50001489 Breed data sheet: Malvi/India]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2015.

N.R. Joshi, Ralph Wesley Phillips (1953). [http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/an469e/an469e00.pdf Zebu Cattle of India and Pakistan]. FAO Agricultural Studies 19. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Sharma Harish, Tomar S.S., Kumar Amit (2015). [http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijfv&volume=10&issue=3&article=010 Effect of genetic and some other sources of variation on dry period in Malvi cows]. The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology 10 (3): 32–35.

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Malvi

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