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pullorum disease definition

pul·lo·rum disease (pul lōr′əm, -lôr′-)

a severe, diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by a bacterium (Salmonella pullorum) and usually transmitted by the infected hen into the egg

Etymology: < ModL (salmonella) pullorum, the infecting bacterium < gen. pl. of L pullus: see poultry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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