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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > animal diseases > epizootic diseases
Animals, Livestock, One Health > animal and human health > diseases and disorders (animals and humans) > animal diseases > epizootic diseases
Preferred Term:

epizootic diseases

Definition:
Denoting a temporal pattern of disease occurrence in an animal population in which the disease occurs with a frequency clearly in excess of the expected frequency in that population during a given time interval. An outbreak (epidemic) of disease in an animal population.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
animal diseases
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/211190
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RDF/XMLCreated 2014-02-27, last modified 2016-09-21