pullorum
English
Etymology
From Latin pullorum, originally as part of a specific name Lua error in Module:parameters at line 806: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., now as the name of a serovar.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pʊˈlɔːɹəm/
Noun
pullorum (uncountable)
- (veterinary medicine) A severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium. [from 20th c.]
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 246:
- 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.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 246:
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) pullōrum