Pullorum Disease Definition

pə-lôrəm
noun
A severe, diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by a bacterium (Salmonella pullorum) and usually transmitted by the infected hen into the egg.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • bacillary white diarrhoea
  • bacillary white diarrhea

Origin of Pullorum Disease

  • New Latin pullōrum specific epithet from genitive pl. of Latin pullus young fowl pullet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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