Animal disease outbreak

• A. Zoonotic
• B. Exotic
• C. Emerging
• D. Epizootic

Answer: (D)

Epizootic is the term used for a disease outbreak in animal populations, analogous to an epidemic in humans. It describes a sudden rise in disease incidence within a defined time and place, often requiring surveillance and control efforts. This makes it the best fit for “Animal disease outbreak” because it specifically targets outbreaks among animals, rather than humans, and can apply to domestic or wild populations. The other terms don’t describe the outbreak event itself: zoonotic refers to diseases that can spill over to humans, exotic means not native or not endemic in the area, and emerging denotes diseases that are newly appearing or increasing in incidence but does not inherently specify an animal-population outbreak.