pullorum disease

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pullorum disease

a disease of birds caused by infection with Salmonella pullorum and characterized by moribund and dead birds at hatching time, by dyspnea and diarrhea in older birds and a reduction in egg yield, and reduction in fertility of the eggs in adults. The disease has been largely eradicated.

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