Epizootic definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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A stallion suffering from this disease may be the cause of a considerable epizootic, as he transmits it to a number of brood mares and they in turn return to the farms where they are surrounded by young animals to which they convey the contagion.

—Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

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adjective Affecting a large number of animals at the same time within a particular region or geographic area. Used of a disease.
noun An epizootic disease.

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C. sonorensis eco-niche and begin an African Horse Sickness virus epizootic, — Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines
The disease was first manifested as an epizootic outbreak among monkeys killing several of them in the year — Flu Wiki Forum - Front Page
Mortality rates must be reduced, not least by rigorous enforcement of the health and anti-epizootic Regulations. — The Croydonian
"Chicken plague has almost disappeared from our country as a result of the tireless health and anti-epizootic work in the past." — The Croydonian
In the case of the 2004 WNV epizootic in Camargue, a retrospective study showed that syndromic surveillance could have provided a warning four weeks before the epidemic period. — TheHorse.com News