Johne's disease
[ yoh-nuh z ]
/ ˌyoʊ nəz /
noun Veterinary Pathology.
a chronic diarrheal disease of cattle and sheep caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, an organism related to the tubercle bacillus.
Origin of Johne's disease
1905–10; named after H. A.
Johne (1839–1910), German scientist
British Dictionary definitions for johne's disease
Johne's disease
/ (ˈjəʊnəz) /
noun
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
Word Origin for Johne's disease
C20: named after H. A.
Johne (1839–1910), German veterinary surgeon