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epizootic disease
pathology
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- animal diseases
- In animal disease: Role of ecology
…referred to as epidemic, or epizootic, diseases, and they generally represent an unstable relationship between the causative agent and affected animals.
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epidemics
- plague
- In plague: Nature of the disease
…environmental conditions the cycle reaches epizootic proportions (affecting many animals in a region at the same time). Spread of the infection among wild or domestic rodents in the vicinity of human habitations creates conditions favourable for outbreaks of human plague, for when an epizootic outbreak kills off the rodents, fleas…
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