Fowl-cholera


noun, Veterinary Pathology.
1.
a specific, acute, diarrheal disease of fowls, especially chickens, caused by a bacterium, Pasteurella multocida.
noun
1.
(vet science) a contagious disease of poultry and other fowl, usually resulting in sudden death; caused by the organism Pasteurella multocida

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