PULLORUM DISEASE


Meaning of PULLORUM DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pə-ˈlȯr-əm- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin pullorum (specific epithet of Salmonella pullorum ), from Latin, of chickens (genitive plural of pullus )

Date: 1929

: a destructive typically diarrheal salmonellosis especially of young domestic chickens that is caused by a bacterium ( Salmonella pullorum )

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