1. severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys; [syn: aspergillosis, brooder pneumonia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brooder pneumonia
n 1: severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of
an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and
turkeys [syn: aspergillosis, brooder pneumonia]