👉 The term "enzootic" is used in veterinary medicine to describe an animal that has a high prevalence of specific infectious diseases. An enzootic disease occurs when there are multiple species of animals carrying the same pathogen, resulting in a high level of infection and disease severity among these animals. In this context, "enzootic" refers to the fact that there is an abundance of infectious or parasitic agents (such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.) present in a population