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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chronic disease of domestic animals, especially cattle and sheep, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and characterized by persistent diarrhea, gradual loss of weight, and general weakness.
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- noun A
chronic ,contagious and oftenfatal disease ofcattle ,sheep andgoats , caused by theintestinal bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, characterized byinflammation of themucous membranes of thegastrointestinal tract
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Heinrich Albert Johne, (1839–1910), German physician.]
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For Dr. H. A. Johne, German pathologist
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