Pullorum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pʊˈlɔːɹəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pullorum is a noun meaning (veterinary medicine) A severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.
Meaning
(veterinary medicine) A severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.
Example Sentences
I should recount my own experience with chooks – and I do not mean the difficulties, with lice, mites, fowl pox, pullorum or bum-drop about which subjects Goon's otherwise taciturn cousin gave me enough information to last a lifetime.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include roup, fowlpox, histomoniasis, rabbitpox, parvovirosis, squirrelpox.
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