Definition of "enzootic" [enzootic]

• Affecting or peculiar to animals of a specific geographic area. Used of a disease. (adjective)
• An enzootic disease. (noun)

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• "The UK pig industry has a new antibiotic in its fight against major respiratory diseases such as enzootic pneumonia, ileitis and swine dysentery."
• "Had the difficulty been enzootic, the Vom might have controlled it."
• "An infectious type of coronary inflammation occurs in some localities during the winter months, wherein the condition is enzootic."