- pullorum
- pul·lo·rum
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pullorum
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pullorum — noun see pullorum disease … Useful english dictionary
pullorum disease — [pul lōr′əm, pullôr′əm] n. [< ModL ( salmonella) pullorum, the infecting bacterium < gen. pl. of L pullus: see POULTRY] a severe, diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by a bacterium (Salmonella pullorum) and usually transmitted by the … English World dictionary
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 — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
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
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 — pul·lo·rum disease pə lōr əm , lȯr n a destructive typically diarrheic salmonellosis esp. of the domestic chicken caused by a bacterium of the genus Salmonella (S. pullorum) which is transmitted either through the egg or from chick to chick… … Medical dictionary
pullorum disease — /pʊˈlɔrəm dəziz/ (say poo lawruhm duhzeez) noun an egg transmitted bacterial disease of poultry, frequently a cause of heavy death losses in very young chickens. {pullorum, genitive plural of Latin pullus cockerel} …
pullorum disease — infectious disease in poultry that is caused by the Salmonella bacterium and is often fatal … English contemporary dictionary
Salmonella gallinarum-pullorum — S. enterica subsp. enterica serovar Gallinarum … Medical dictionary
