pullorum disease

pul·lo·rum disease  (p-lôrm, -lr-)

n.

A contagious, often fatal diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum and usually transmitted by infected hens through their eggs.

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

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pullorum disease [pʊˈlɔːrəm]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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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Noun

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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