jaag·siek·te
variants:
also jagsiekte
or jaagziekte
or jagziekte \
ˈyäg-ˌsēk-tə 
, -ˌzēk-
\
, -ˌzēk-
\
Medical Definition of jaagsiekte
: a chronic contagious pneumonitis of sheep and sometimes goats that is caused by a retrovirus (species Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma virus of the genus Betaretrovirus) and that is characterized by proliferation of the pulmonary alveolar epithelium and occlusion of the alveoli and terminal bronchioles
— called also ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma, ovine pulmonary adenomatosis, pulmonary adenomatosis
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