pullet disease
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pullorum disease — noun a serious bacterial disease of young chickens • Syn: ↑bacillary white diarrhea, ↑bacillary white diarrhoea • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * pəˈlōrəm , lȯrəm noun also pullorum … Useful english dictionary
pullorum disease — pul•lo′rum disease [[t]pəˈlɔr əm, ˈloʊr [/t]] n. vet a frequently fatal diarrheal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum and transmitted by the infected hen to the egg • Etymology: 1925–30; < NL (Bacterium)… … From formal English to slang
pullorum disease — /peuh lawr euhm, lohr /, Vet. Pathol. a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness,… … Universalium
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