JOHNE'S DISEASE


Meaning of JOHNE'S DISEASE in English

/yoh'neuhz/ , Vet. Pathol.

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

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

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