JOHNE'S DISEASE


Meaning of JOHNE'S DISEASE in English

[ 'jəʊnəz ]

■ noun a form of chronic enteritis in cattle and sheep, caused by a mycobacterium.

Origin

early 20th cent.: named after the German veterinary surgeon Heinrich A. Johne .

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