epizootic
/ˌɛpɪzoʊˈɑtɪk/
adjective
- Relating to a disease that spreads quickly among animals in a particular area or population, similar to an epidemic in humans.
- The farm was quarantined after an epizootic outbreak of avian flu.
- Veterinarians are monitoring the epizootic spread of a new virus among deer.
- The zoo closed temporarily to contain an epizootic illness affecting the primates.
noun
- An outbreak of a disease that affects many animals of the same kind at the same time.
- During the epizootic, wildlife officials vaccinated all the local foxes.
- Scientists are studying the epizootic to prevent it from spreading to other species.
- The epizootic killed thousands of cattle across the region.