n. A contagious, often fatal diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by salmonella bacteria and usually transmitted by infected hens through their eggs. [New Latin pullōrum, former specific epithet, from genitive pl. of Latin pullus, young fowl; see PULLET.] |
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