medical zoology; zoonotic medicine
Academic field studying animals that affect human health, including parasites, vectors, and zoonotic diseases.
Medical zoology is a discipline that deals with parasites and infectious diseases.
I took a lecture on medical zoology at university.
Parasitology is a subfield of medical zoology focusing specifically on parasites.
Veterinary medicine focuses on animal health broadly, while medical zoology focuses on animals' impact on human health.
Compound of 医 (medicine) + 動物 (animal) + 学 (study). The term is a direct translation of the English 'medical zoology'.