Definition of Pullorum disease

1. Noun. A serious bacterial disease of young chickens.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pullorum Disease

pulleys
pullicate
pullicates
pullies
pullikins
pulling
pulling a train
pulling one's head in
pulling one's own weight
pulling one's weight
pulling out
pulling over
pulling teeth
pulling together
pullmans
pullorum disease (current term)
pullout
pullouts
pullover
pullovers
pulls
pulls a train
pulls one's head in
pulls one's own weight
pulls one's weight
pulls over
pulls teeth
pulls together
pullulan
pullulanase

Literary usage of Pullorum disease

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Medicate as follows: Infectious coryza in chickens, medicate for 2 consecutive days; acute fowl cholera and pullorum disease, in chickens, medicate for 6 ..."

2. Veterinary Bacteriology: A Treatise on the Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds, and by Robert Earle Buchanan (1911)
"Bacillus pullorum Disease Produced.—White diarrhea of chicks. Rettger and Harvey have described the Bacillus pullorum as the specific cause of a white ..."

3. Agricultural Statistics (1993) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... frozen pack 164, 165 Tested for pullorum disease 337 Arrivals _ 159, 160 Utilization of farm commodities: Shipments 161 Apples 172 Apricots 174, ..."

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