fowl cholera

fowl cholera

noun \ˈfau̇l-\

Definition of FOWL CHOLERA

: an acute contagious septicemic disease of birds that is marked by fever, weakness, diarrhea, and petechial hemorrhages in the mucous membranes, is caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella (P. multocida synonym P. avicida), and is highly destructive to all types of domestic poultry and most wild birds—called also chicken cholera