zoonosologyhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoonosology_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoonosology, n.
Revised 2017

zoonosologynoun

Now rare.
  1. 1845–
    The scientific study of the diseases of animals; cf. zoopathology n.
    1. 1845
      Zoonosologie, zoonosology.
      S. Palmer, Pentaglot Dictionary 650/1
    2. 1860
      Zoonosologia, term for the doctrine or nature of diseases among cattle: zöonosology.
      R. G. Mayne, Expository Lexicon Medical Science 1353/1
    3. 1979
      The implications of this for zoonosology, epidemiology, and control of arboviral disease are obvious.
      C. E. Yunker et al. in E. Kurstak, Arctic & Tropical Arboviruses 227

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.