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pullorum disease Definition

pul·lo·rum disease (pul lōrəm, -lôr-)

noun

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

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