Johne's disease
Meanings
noun
- A chronic, contagious and often fatal disease of cattle, sheep and goats, caused by the intestinal bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the gastrointestinal tract
Word forms
Etymology
For Dr. H. A. Johne, German pathologist
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