necrotic enteritis
noun
: either of two often fatal infectious diseases marked especially by intestinal inflammation and necrosis and by diarrhea:
a
: one affecting young swine and caused by a bacterium of the genus Salmonella (S. choleraesuis)
called also necro
b
: one affecting poultry and especially young chickens and turkeys and caused by a bacterium of the genus Clostridium (C. perfringens)
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