panzootic
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S: WHO – http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_02_28a/en/ (last access: 2 June 2016); NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22857789 (last access: 2 June 2016).

N: 1. From Greek παν pan all + ζόιον zoion animal.
2. A disease affecting animals of many species especially over a wide area.
3. As adjectives the difference between panzootic and pandemic is that panzootic is (of a disease) affecting animals of many species while pandemic is widespread; general.
4. As a noun pandemic is a pandemic disease; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the population.

S: 1. Wikitally – http://en.wikitally.com/wiki/Panzootic.html (last access: 2 June 2016). 2. MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/panzootic (last access: 2 June 2016). 3 & 4. TDB – http://the-difference-between.com/pandemic/panzootic (last access: 2 June 2016).

SYN: panzootic disease

S: COSNAUTAS/LIBRO ROJO (last access: 2 June 2016)

CR: bird, epizootic, pandemic.