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pullorum disease

noun
pul·​lo·​rum disease | \ pə-ˈlȯr-əm- How to pronounce pullorum disease (audio) \

Definition of pullorum disease

: a destructive typically diarrheal salmonellosis especially of young domestic chickens that is caused by a bacterium (Salmonella pullorum)

First Known Use of pullorum disease

1929, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for pullorum disease

New Latin pullorum (specific epithet of Salmonella pullorum), from Latin, of chickens (genitive plural of pullus)

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pullorum disease

noun
pul·​lo·​rum disease | \ pə-ˈlōr-əm-, -ˈlȯr- How to pronounce pullorum disease (audio) \

Medical Definition of pullorum disease

: a destructive typically diarrheic salmonellosis especially of the domestic chicken caused by a bacterium of the genus Salmonella (S. pullorum) which is transmitted either through the egg or from chick to chick

called also pullorum

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