The two J words have defeated me so far!
1. A what's-its-name (9)
2. An infectious illness in cattle and sheep caused by a mycobacterium (6,7)
Please put me out of my misery!
2 Johne’s disease was first identified in farmed deer in the late 1990s. It is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, which can be passed to deer by cattle and sheep. It is related to TB and their symptoms are similar, which complicates diagnosis of both.