Epizootic

An epizootic is the nonhuman equivalent of an epidemic, meaning that large numbers of animals are infected with a disease.

As in epidemics, high population density is a major contributing factor to epizootics, with aquaculture being one notable example of an industry plagued by disease because of the large number of fish in a small area.

Due to the pathogens' specificity to a host, the risk to humans and other non-target species in the environment is minimal.


 * Typical epizootic example would be Chytrid fungus in frogs throughout the World.
 * Koi virus in Koi fish.