a septicemic disease of fowl, esp. chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
Main Entry: fowl typhoid Function: noun : an infectious disease of poultry characterized by diarrhea, anemia, and prostration and caused by a bacterium of the genusSalmonella (S. gallinarum)
