jaagsiekte

noun

jaag·​siek·​te

variants also jagsiekte or jaagziekte or jagziekte

ˈyäg-ˌsēk-tə  -ˌzēk- 

: 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