epizootic
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1. epizootic - Noun
2. epizootic - Adjective
3. epizootic - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of or pertaining to an epizoon.
Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like.
Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.
An epizootic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
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an epizootic disease
An epizootic (animal disease epidemic) of RVF is usually first indicated by a wave of unexplained abortions.
Mission and status World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Headquarters building in Paris The main objective of the OIE is to control epizootic diseases and thus to prevent their spread.
This epizootic saw 2,000 cases of the disease in farms across most of the British countryside.