Johne's Disease
What is Johne's disease and what kind of animals get
Johne's disease? Johne's (pronounced "Yo-nees") disease is a contagious bacterial
disease of the intestinal tract. A German veterinarian first described
the disease in a dairy cow in 1895; his name is used as the common
name for the disease. The disease is also called paratuberculosis.
Visit the history page for more details.
Johne's disease occurs in a wide variety of animals, but most often
in ruminants. Ruminants are hoofed mammals that chew their cud and
have a 3-4 chambered stomach. Some of the more common ruminants are:
cattle, sheep, goats, deer, antelope, and bison. Johne's disease has
been reported in all of these animals but is most commonly seen in
dairy cattle. On the left task bar choose the animal under "area
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