Fowl Cholera (Noun)
Meaning
An acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Fowl cholera is highly contagious among domesticated birds and wildlife, requiring stringent quarantine and disease control measures to mitigate its spread.
- The veterinarian suspected that the dead chickens were victims of fowl cholera, given the presence of its characteristic hemorrhagic lesions.
- Poultry farms are particularly vulnerable to outbreaks of fowl cholera due to the rapid transmission of its causative agent.
- In areas where fowl cholera is prevalent, intensive surveillance and vaccination programs are often implemented to protect poultry populations.
- Researchers are working to develop more effective vaccines against fowl cholera, a disease that continues to plague the global poultry industry.