English-Russian translations for epizootic

Definition of epizootic

• An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period. Compare '''''epidemic'''''
• A particular epizootic#adjective|epizootic disease
• A disease or ailment
• Like or having to do with an ''epizootic'': epidemic among animals
• Containing fossils
• Relating to epizoa; epizoic

Examples

• At the same time as an epidemic of the flu broke out among the people, an epizootic of the swine flu broke out among their pigs.
• Johnnys not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic.
• Epizootic plague occurred in the mice following introduction of rats from Europe.

Related words

• epizootiology
• epizootic disease
• epizootic lymphangitis