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pullorum 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

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

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noun

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

Origin:

Origin: New Latin pullōrum, specific epithet

Origin: , from genitive pl. of Latin pullus, young fowl; see pullet

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