Regarding Brucellosis..
Apparently the incidence of brucellosis in cattle in the U.S is less than 0.014%. There are massive vaccination regimens for it and hence the low incidence. But the reports stated that there was minimal incidence only because of the lack of vaccination. Apparently the incidence in elks is higher. As for treatments they give them antibiotics but I could not find much literature on this. Perhaps karayaan could do some case studies with his treatment regimen (the Kumaran treatment) and publish on that.
On infatuation and love, some clarifications..
GFK is correct in the comment section in that infatuations are temporary while love lasts. Also what starts out as infatuation can lead to lasting love. But there are some scientific studies out there that state the levels of dopamine the "feel good" neurotransmitter are quite high and gives the person a natural "high" that they are floating on cloud nine. Dopamine is low in patients with Parkinson's disease which I am sure our readers know. Infatuation is sometimes the part that starts the romantic love where one's heart is beating super fast when they see the person they are infatuated with, palms are sweaty and they are totally absent-minded, do stupid stuff and one feels like they are falling into this deep chasm (perhaps that is why it is called "falling" in love!!). Some of this is from personal experience of course, but mine turned into marriage!! Once again GFK can attest to this kaadhal experience and those of us who are in the marital relationship out of parental arrangements can also attest to that in the beginning of their marriage. But once it turns into true love (which some infatuations do not reach) then there is calmness and security and trust about it. I don't do justice to the true differences but that is my feeble attempt at clarifying it. The bad part about infatuation - when it turns into an obsession then it can become dangerous!!
Some miscellaneous things..
Because it is Christmas season now people here are obsessed with gift-giving. The commercialization of this whole operation makes me sick! I am perfectly fine with giving gifts to kids but not for adults. We are so blessed now where we have food and shelter and don't need all these gifts. We don't have room to put them, sometimes we don't even take the tags off the clothes that we get or get the package open. Coming from Desam where I see vast need everywhere I feel terrible buying and giving gifts to all the adults that don't need it when there is so much need back home. So, some of the adult members of our family decided not to exchange gifts. I am glad about this decision and hopefully they will donate some of those funds to the really needy folks.
OK that is my sermon for the day!!
Gujili
Dear Gujili,
பதிலளிநீக்குThanks for the posting on many topics. Yes there is a lot of differece between love and infatuation, all along i was writing about infatuation , i shall write soon about my love story.If you are interested in helping the needy, let us start something to help poor students, recently i and senthil helped a poor engineering student(srilankan tamil girl)from ramnad akathikal mukaam. Every year i help some students, who cant pay their college fees, anyone can join me and senthil.
Regarding Brucellosis, you can help me by sending me relevant articles, which we may not be able access, as u r in a university, u may have access to those articles.
Karaiyan.
Brucellosis-Sorry not updated as I am conneceted to Poultry and canine in the pst 6 yrs.
பதிலளிநீக்குInfatuation-Good explanation from Gujili.May be I can bring ref from Thirukkural(Kamaththuppal)
No subjects untouched by Thiruvalluvar I believe
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Gift- "Give more than what you get"
Of course I appreciate Kumaran and Senthil's attempt on helping needy.I allways try to help the people in and arround.We can join together for the good cause
Chocks
Chocks
Perhaps we can start some sort of common fund that we contribute to and then that scholarship money could go to a needy student. Let me know how we go about doing this.
பதிலளிநீக்கு@Karayan - What aspects of information about Brucellosis would you need? Diagnostics, treatment if there is any?
@Chocks - please update with thirukkural.
@Karaiyan and Chocks:
பதிலளிநீக்குcount me in for any charity you want to do.I would be very happy to contribute.God has given us more than enough it is our privilege and duty to give back to people who need it more.
GFK