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Johne's disease

American

[yoh-nuhz] / ˌjoʊ nəz /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

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

Johne's disease British

/ ˈjəʊnəz /

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

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Etymology

Origin of Johne's disease

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

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