Question

Based on the reading, why do you think the author mentioned that the cattle were diseased

Answer 1

Perhaps their easy-going temperament was what made them ideal for early farmers to domesticate them. Though many other animals in the world give good meat, milk, and hide, the bovine was chosen over others perhaps because of both temperament and ability to learn that humans are beings that give them good food to eat.

Answer 2

To show the food was unsafe