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epizootiology

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ep·i·zo·ot·i·ol·o·gy (p-z-t-l-j)
n.
1. The science dealing with the character, ecology, and causes of diseases in animals, especially epizootic diseases.
2. The sum of the factors controlling the presence of a disease in an animal population.

epizootiology
with reference to animal diseases is the rarely used, etymologically proper, equivalent of epidemiology.

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