brooder pneumonia


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Noun1.brooder pneumonia - severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeysbrooder pneumonia - severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys
animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
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Aspergillosis is sometimes called brooder pneumonia. This is primarily a lung and air-sac disease of chicks.