panzootic

/ ˌpænzəʊˈɒtɪk /

noun

1. vet science a disease that affects all the animals in a geographical area

Example Sentences

It is now considered a “panzootic,” meaning a pandemic in wild animals: Last month 3,500 sea lions succumbed to it in Peru, according to Peru’s national parks service.

From Washington Post

Though this panzootic is heating up, it still has a ways to go before unfolding into a human pandemic.

From Salon

The virus — known as H5N1 or colloquially, bird flu — has been causing significant problems over the past year, spawning a "panzootic," or a pandemic among animals.

From Salon

Most of the once-mysterious slaughters are now attributed to the “Global Panzootic Lineage,” a lethal strain nicknamed BdGPL.

From National Geographic