A disease primarily occurs in wild and domestic animals which can be transmitted to humans (e g , tularemia)
n: A disease of animals, such as rabies or psittacosis, that can be transmitted to humans Zoonotic, adj
Disease of animals that is transmissible to humans; some authors subdivide the concept into zooanthroponosis, infections humans can acquire from animals and invertebrates, and anthropozoonosis, a disease of humans transmissible to other animals