ALL meanings of pullorum disease
pul·lo·rum disease
P p - noun pullorum disease 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, loss of appetite, and diarrhea. 1
- noun pullorum disease acute serious bacterial disease of very young birds 0
- noun pullorum disease an acute serious bacterial disease of very young birds, esp chickens, characterized by a whitish diarrhoea: caused by Salmonella pullorum, transmitted during egg production 0
- noun pullorum disease a severe, diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by a bacterium (Salmonella pullorum) and usually transmitted by the infected hen into the egg 0