pullorum disease
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pul·lo·rum disease
(pə-lôr'əm, -lōr'-) 
n.
A contagious, often fatal diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum and usually transmitted by infected hens through their eggs.
n.
A contagious, often fatal diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum and usually transmitted by infected hens through their eggs.
[New Latin pullōrum, specific epithet, from genitive pl. of Latin pullus, young fowl. See pullet.]
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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pullorum disease
A disease of birds caused by infection with Salmonella pullorum and characterized by moribund and dead birds at hatching time, by dyspnea and diarrhea in older birds and a reduction in egg yield, and reduction in fertility of the eggs in adults. The disease has been largely eradicated.
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