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pullorum|pʊˈlɔərəm|
[mod.L., a. the specific epithet of Bacterium pullorum (L. F. Rettger 1909, in Jrnl. Med. Res. XXI. 117), f. gen. pl. of L. pullus young chick.]
The specific epithet of Bacterium pullorum (now Salmonella gallinarum) used attrib. in pullorum disease to designate an acute, infectious, often fatal disease of young chicks, which is also known as bacillary white diarrhœa.
1929Bull. Mass. Agric. Exper. Station XLVIII. 2 It was unanimously voted to accept the suggestion of Dr. Leo F. Rattger to change the name of Bacillary white diarrhea to ‘pullorum disease’. 1930M. A. Jull Poultry Husbandry xxvi. 411 The pullorum disease, which frequently causes such enormous losses among chicks, has been called ‘bacillary white diarrhea’. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 23 Feb. 124/1 Among these bacteria are the organisms responsible for respiratory diseases and pullorum disease. 1977G. A. Cullen et al. in R. F. Gordon Poultry Dis. i. 11 Outbreaks of pullorum disease in turkeys are rare in this country. |