Thursday, August 7th — Epizootic

Today I Learned…

…a new word.  An epizootic is an epidemic outbreak of a disease confined to a particular animal population, often with the implication that it could jump to humans but has not yet.  What a fantastic word.

I learned this word on a fantastic podcast called the Discovery News Friday Feedbag — you should check it out if you’re a science nerd.  Like me.  Here is a link to the xml feed.  Listen to it!