Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to a disease that occurs in a widespread outbreak among a large number of animals, usually affecting more than one species.
- noun A panzootic disease.
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- adjective of a disease
affecting animals of manyspecies
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When something is "endemic," it is native to a particular country or region; in reference to viruses, the word usually means the disease is generally under control in the specified region. panzootic
Influenza Glossary 2008
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A panzootic in dogs went round the world in that year; no antibodies to parvovirus have been found in any dog sera collected before 1976.
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A panzootic in dogs went round the world in that year; no antibodies to parvovirus have been found in any dog sera collected before 1976.
Archive 2006-01-01 2006
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IR Adelman et al. Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia
Wildlife Disease News Digest noreply@blogger.com (Wildlife Disease Information 2010
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"Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia" Ecology Letters, Monday 25 January 2010.
Media Newswire 2010
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More information: "Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia" Ecology Letters, Monday 25 January 2010.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia" Ecology Letters, Monday 25 January 2010.
Media Newswire 2010
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IR Adelman et al. Factors driving pathogenicity vs. prevalence of amphibian panzootic chytridiomycosis in Iberia
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Birds, however, are experiencing the equivalent, a panzootic infection of H5N1 (aka "bird flu", a misnomer because birds get all kinds of flu) with the latest outbreak in
Daily Kos 2009
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Birds, however, are experiencing the equivalent, a panzootic infection of H5N1 (aka "bird flu", a misnomer because birds get all kinds of flu) with the latest outbreak in
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