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Johne's disease

American  
[yoh-nuhz] / ˌyoʊ nəz /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.
  1. 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

  1. 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