[puh-lawr-uh
m, -lohr-] 
| a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness, loss of appetite, and diarrhea. |
| pul·lo·rum disease (pə-lôr'əm, -lōr'-) n. A contagious, often fatal diarrheal disease of young poultry, caused by the bacterium Salmonella pullorum and usually transmitted by infected hens through their eggs. [New Latin pullōrum, specific epithet, from genitive pl. of Latin pullus, young fowl; see pullet.] |