pul·lo·rum disease | \ pə-ˈlȯr-əm- 
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\Definition of pullorum disease
: a destructive typically diarrheal salmonellosis especially of young domestic chickens that is caused by a bacterium (Salmonella pullorum)
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pullorum disease
nounpul·lo·rum disease | \ pə-ˈlōr-əm-, -ˈlȯr- \
\Medical 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
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The first known use of pullorum disease was in 1929
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