fowl cholera

noun Veterinary Pathology.

a specific, acute, diarrheal disease of fowls, especially chickens, caused by a bacterium, Pasteurella multocida.
Compare hemorrhagic septicemia.

Origin of fowl cholera

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby fowl cholera

foveola, foveolate, foveole, fowey, fowl, fowl cholera, fowl mite, fowl paralysis, fowl pest, fowl pox, fowl typhoid

Example sentences from the Web for fowl cholera

  • The European fowl-cholera has only been rarely identified in this country.

    The Dollar Hen |Milo M. Hastings

  • The central nervous system was to the virus of rabies what the test-tube was to the virus of fowl-cholera or anthrax.

    Experiments on Animals |Stephen Paget

British Dictionary definitions for fowl cholera

fowl cholera

noun

vet science a contagious disease of poultry and other fowl, usually resulting in sudden death; caused by the organism Pasteurella multocida