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
C20: named after H. A. Johne (1839–1910), German veterinary surgeon
Johne's disease in American English
(ˌjounəz)
noun
Veterinary Science
a chronic diarrheal disease of cattle and sheep caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, an organism related to the tubercle bacillus
Word origin
[1905–10; named after H. A. Johne (1839–1910), German scientist]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aspect ratio, one-shot, persona, push-up, revolving door