Johne's disease

[yoh-nuh z]

noun Veterinary Pathology.

a chronic diarrheal disease of cattle and sheep caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, an organism related to the tubercle bacillus.

Origin of Johne's disease

1905–10; named after H. A. Johne (1839–1910), German scientist

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British Dictionary definitions for johne's disease

Johne's disease

noun

an infectious disease of ruminants characterized by chronic inflammation of the bowel and caused by Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, a bacterium that can be transmitted in milk

Word Origin for Johne's disease

C20: named after H. A. Johne (1839–1910), German veterinary surgeon

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