pullorum disease

pul·lo·rum disease

noun \pə-ˈlōr-əm-, -ˈlȯr-\

Definition of PULLORUM DISEASE

: a destructive typically diarrheic salmonellosis especially 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—called also pullorum