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sylvatic /syl·vat·ic/ (sil-vat´ik) sylvan; pertaining to, located in, or living in the woods. sylvatic found in the woods; occurring in animals of the forest. sylvatic plague the disease of wild rats, ground squirrels, mice, marmots, owls, gophers, badgers, rabbits, prairie dogs and chipmunks caused by Yersinia pestis, and which serves as a reservoir for urban rats which are the origin, via the oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), of bubonic plague in humans. sylvatic rabies that form of the disease transmitted by forest-dwelling animals, particularly foxes and wolves. sylvatic ringworm ringworm in domestic animals transmitted from wild animals. |
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