Carao Cures Anemia in Calves
by Flor de Maria Palma
El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua
October 23, 2001
translation by Lloyd Standish
To consult original article in Spanish, see:
http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/archivo/2001/octubre/24-octubre-2001/departamentos/departamentos2.html
Rivas, Nicaragua
The results of an investigation begun 3 years ago
by students of the International School of Agriculture and Cattle Farming of
Rivas confirm once again that Carao cures anemia in calves. Therefore, the
results of this investigation will be presented at the Third Expo-science of the
University Guild (CNU) at the end of this month.
A dose of 150 grams of carao pulp disolved in 200
cc of water and applied once a week during 3 weeks, increases up to 130% the
hemoglobin in anemic calves. This is the premise of the investigation,
which establishes this product as an alternative medicine for the treatment of
anemia in cattle.
"Since the investigation began 3 years
ago," says Carlos Mairena, professor at EIAG, "carao has shown itself
to be effective to control anemia in calves. During all this time, what we
were looking for was an appropriate dosage." Carlos Mairena is one of
the pioneers in this treatment.
"In the first years of the investigation we
worked empirically with small dosages of carao pulp mixed with cow milk, and
although we obtained satisfactory results, we experimented with different
dosages. At one point we eliminated the milk as vehicle for the carao and
substituted it with water, to reduce the cost of this treatment."
Mairena continued, "We have now discovered
that a dose of 150 grams of carao disolved in water increases the quantity of
blood hemoglobin to such a degree that we now enter the final phase of this
process, which consists of diffusion of the results and training of small
producers in the region, based on the results of the investigation
For the head of the Department of Investigation of
the School of Agriculture, Professor Martin Jimenez, the results demonstrate the
interest that the EIAG has in finding solutions to the problems of small
producers, since the use of carao avoids the purchase of chemical drugs for the
treatment of anemia in calves, and also avoids environmental contamination.
Jimenez emphasized that both the results of the
carao investigation, and a separate investigation on the use of medicinal plants
to treat tick infestations in cattle, were repeated several months ago by
students at the School of Agriculture (ENA) in Honduras.
The purpose of the Expo-science event, which has
been sponsored by the CNU for the last three years, is to promote participation
and scientific investigation of affiliated universities. At the end of the
event, the EIAG will present the results of three investigations. Two have to do
with medicine in cattle, and a third is about the feeding of earthworms using
various manures applied on various parcels of land.
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