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Poultry
Pullorum disease, caused by Salmonella enterica pullorum, is a highly contagious, vertically transmitted bacterial infection primarily affecting young chicks and poults, resulting in high mortality (up to 100%). Key signs include white, sticky diarrhea (“pasty butt”), huddling, anorexia, and weakness. While antibiotic treatments exist, control relies on testing, culling carriers, and maintaining strict biosecurity.
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Pullorum disease, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum (S. pullorum), is a highly contagious, host-specific bacterial infection that primarily causes severe septicemia, high mortality rates (up to 100%), and significant economic losses in young chickens and turkey poults. It was historically known as “bacillary white diarrhea”
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Pullorum disease: Key signs include white, sticky diarrhea, huddling, anorexia, and weakness. While antibiotic treatments exist, control relies on testing, culling carriers, and maintaining strict biosecurity.
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