Report and reaction to "Guns, Germs, and Steel."

Livestock have contributed to human society in a number of ways, both good and bad. "Guns, Germs, and Steel" chapter Lethal Gift of Livestock dealt with some of the negative consequences of keeping livestock in such close proximity. Also, it considered what diseases are, and why they make us ill. As well as why diseases have been spread more effectively in highly populated settings and as a result of the development of agriculture. It also tried to give an explanation for the almost one-way transfer of diseases for the Old World to the New World.
Epidemic diseases tend to produce no ca…