pullorum disease

[ puh-lawr-uhm, -lohr- ]

/ pəˈlɔr əm, -ˈloʊr- /

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noun Veterinary Pathology.

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.

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Origin of pullorum disease

1925–30; <New Latin (Bacterium) pullorum former name of the bacterium, Latin pullōrum, genitive plural of pullus cockerel, chicken (see pullet)

Words nearby pullorum disease

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How to use pullorum disease in a sentence

Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
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He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
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It was a reminder that, as Beyoncé once sang, “Perfection is the disease of a nation,” and her family is hardly flawless.
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In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
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As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.
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Here they are seldom abundant, but their constant presence is the most reliable urinary sign of the disease.
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The darkness, or rather the general misapprehension, which prevails on this subject, is a frightful source of disease and misery.
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British Dictionary definitions for pullorum disease

pullorum disease

/ (pʊˈlɔːrəm) /

noun

an acute serious bacterial disease of very young birds, esp chickens, characterized by a whitish diarrhoea: caused by Salmonella pullorum, transmitted during egg productionAlso called: bacillary white diarrhoea

Word Origin for pullorum disease

Latin pullōrum of chickens, from pullus chicken

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