Johne's disease
From Fresh Dictionary
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English
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Etymology
For Dr. H.A.Johne, German pathologist
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Noun
Johne's disease
- 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