Read this excerpt from When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad! by John DiConsiglio. Deadly flu bugs and mad cow disease are nothing new. Look back in time to see when they first appeared. What organizational information about the text does the reader learn from this passage? The text is organized around important dates that relate to disease. The text is organized around data about how bugs relate to disease. The text is organized around data about how cows relate to disease. The text is organized around important breakthroughs that relate to disease.