zoopathologyhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoopathology_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoopathology, n.
Revised 2017

zoopathologynoun

  1. 1841–
    The branch of science concerned with diseases of animals; animal pathology; cf. zoonosology n.
    1. 1841
      Hugh Ferguson.., Lecturer on Zootomy, Zoopathology, and the Principles and Practice of Veterinary Surgery.
      Veterinarian May 241 (heading)
    2. 1884
      Pathology, or more properly, when applied to the lower animals, Zoo-Pathology.
      W. Williams, Principles & Practice of Veterinary Medicine (ed. 4) 4
    3. 1959
      Human and veterinary medicine,..zoopathology,..and many other fields and disciplines.
      Systematic Zoology vol. 8 28/1
    4. 2016
      Dutton took photos and sample tissue. It was all sent off to the zoo-pathology laboratory.
      N. Cowan, Peregrine Spring xxxii. 218

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

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