sylvatic - meaning and definition. What is sylvatic
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What (who) is sylvatic - definition


sylvatic         
[s?l'vat?k]
¦ adjective Veterinary Medicine relating to or denoting forms of disease contracted by wild animals.
Origin
1930s: from L. silvaticus, from silva 'wood'.
Sylvatic         
·adj Sylvan.
Sylvatic cycle         
PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION CYCLE PORTION
The sylvatic cycle, also enzootic or sylvatic transmission cycle, is a portion of the natural transmission cycle of a pathogen. Sylvatic refers to the occurrence of a subject in or affecting wild animals.
Examples of use of sylvatic
1. Federal authorities have been dusting burrows with flea powder to protect prairie dogs from sylvatic plague in some areas while allowing poisoning in others.