The morpho-lexical type muaglia, which is particularly widespread in Grisons and neighbouring Lombardy, denotes either the individual cow or the herd of cows, whereby, for example, the existence of a "Societad d'allevamaint da muaglia bovina" in Celerina/Schlarigna (near St. Moritz) indicates that this does not specifically mean a HERD OF COWS, but a (FARM) ANIMAL HERD in general.
The fact that muaglia denotes not only the individual, but also the collective, and furthermore not only the *COW*HERD, rules out a connection with Latin mulgēre, MELKEN. Rather, a connection with Latin mōbilia (n. pl.) has been established (FEW6, 3: 1 under mobilis]) which seems plausible. The term thus refers to the mobility of the livestock and should be understood as a complement to the immovable property. The word muvel (m.) (roa.) found in the Lower Engadine, which designates the LIVESTOCK, can also be traced back to Latin mōbilis (FEW loc. cit.).