pullorum disease

pul·lo·rum disease

 (pə-lôr′əm)

n.

A contagious, often fatal diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by salmonella bacteria and usually transmitted by infected hens through their eggs.

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[New Latin pullōrum, former specific epithet, from genitive pl. of Latin pullus, young fowl; see pullet.]

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pullorum disease

(pʊˈlɔːrəm)

n

(Veterinary Science) an acute serious bacterial disease of very young birds, esp chickens, characterized by a whitish diarrhoea: caused by Salmonella pullorum, transmitted during egg production. Also called: bacillary white diarrhoea

[Latin pullōrum of chickens, from pullus chicken]

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pul•lo′rum disease`

(pəˈlɔr əm, -ˈloʊr-)
n.

a frequently fatal diarrheal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum and transmitted by the infected hen to the egg.

[1925–30; < New Latin (Bacterium) pullorum former name of the bacterium, Latin pullōrum, genitive pl. of pullus cockerel, chicken (see pullet)]

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pullorum disease - a serious bacterial disease of young chickens bacillary white diarrhea, bacillary white diarrhoea animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings

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