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

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.

To show the food was unsafe

would not cooperate with each other voluntarily.

explanation:

an oligopoly is a term used to clarify the structure of a particular market, industry, or organization. a market is considered oligopolistic or amazingly focused when it is shared between a few companies.