Malvi
| Male | Female |
|---|---|
 |  |
| Breeding Tract | |||
| State: Madhya Pradesh | Mandsaur | ||
| Location | |||
| Longitude (deg.) | 75. - 76. | ||
| Latitude (deg.) | 23.45 - 25.10 | ||
| General Information | |||
| Synonyms | |||
| Origin | The Malvi camel is named after the name of its breeding tract i.e. Malwa region. | ||
| Major utility | Work - Transport; Food - Milk | ||
| Comments on utility | Males are used mostly for carrying loads, while females are reared for milk. | ||
| Comments on breeding tract | |||
| Adaptability to environment | |||
| Population | |||
| Year | Population | Other information | |
| 2013 | 1062 | Source: Estimated Livestock Population Breed Wise Based on Breed Survey 2013. Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Government of India, New Delhi |
| Management | |
| Management system | Extensive |
| Mobility | Stationary |
| Feeding of adults | Grazing |
| Comments on Management | Camels are kept exclusively in extensive management system and fed on natural grass only. Herd size ranged between 50 and 100 camels. Breeding herds are composed almost entirely of female camels, each herd containing only one male camel for mating. In addition, there may be one or two young male camels serving as mounts or beast of burdon for the herdsmen. Herds migrate between three locations. From April to June they graze in the vicinity of their home village in Mandsaur district. With the onset of the rainy season in July, they migrate to the area around kotah and Jhalawar Patan in South eastern Rajasthan. In September, they start moving in to the vicinity of cities in Madhya Pradesh including Bhopal, Indore and Ujjain, to take advantage of opportunities for selling milk. |
| Morphology | |||
| Colour | Off - White | ||
| Horn shape and size | |||
| Visible characteristics | The Most typical external charactertic of the Malvi camel is its very light or off- white colour. Malvi breeding herd show virtually no colour variation. Another typical phenomenon is its small body size and is probably the smallest of all India breeds. | ||
| Male | Female | Overall | |
| Height (avg. cm.) | 195.0 | 198.0 | |
| Body Length (avg. cm.) | 256.0 | 214.0 | |
| Heart girth (avg. cm.) | 235.0 | 261.0 | |
| Performance | |||
| Average | Minimum | Maximum | |
| Parturition interval (months) | 24.0 | ||
| Any Peculiarity of the breed | Being from fairly humid area, the Malvi camel may be better suited for export to the high rainfall areas of India than the camel native to Rajasthan. Malvi camel is also known to have higher resistance to trypanosomiasis. | ||
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All the above information of following Indian Breed is collected from Public Database of NBAGR, India. We (Digi Vets) just published information in an original format, without making any changes. The value of statistics can be changed in future according to census.
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