Johne disease

Joh·ne disease

(yō'nĕ),

an enteritis of a chronic wasting type affecting ungulates and other ruminants; caused by Mycobacterium avium, subsp. paratuberculosis; characterized by diarrhea, muscle wasting, and generalized weakness.
See also: Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

Synonym(s): Bacillus paratuberculosis, Bacterium paratuberculosis, Darmtuberculose, Mycobacterium enteritidis, Mycobacterium johnei

[Heinrich Albert Johne (1839-1910), German pathologist]

Johne,

H. Albert, German physician, 1839-1910.

Johne bacillus - a species causing Johne disease, a chronic enteritis in cattle. Synonym(s): Mycobacterium paratuberculosis

Johne disease - a disease occurring in cattle and sheep, caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. Synonym(s): chronic dysentery of cattle; paratuberculosis

johnin - a diagnostic agent, analogous to tuberculin.

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paratuberculosis (MAP), the causative agent of Johne disease in ruminants, has been incriminated as the cause of Crohn disease in humans.

MAP is the causative agent of Johne disease, a chronic granulomatous ileitis occurring mainly in ruminants (4).

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in a patient with HIV, Germany. (Dispatches)