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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
09/09/2015

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Symbiosis
Definition
Living or Living together
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Phoresis
Definition
To carry
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Mutualism
Definition
Both organisms in a symbiotic relationship benefit
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Commensalism
Definition
One symbiont benefits and the other is neither benefited or harmed
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Parasite
Definition
Lives on or within a member
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Host
Definition
Carries the parasite
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Parasitology
Definition
The study of such parasites and their relationships
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Parasiteiasis
Definition
The parasite is on or within the host and is potentially pathogenic(harmful)
Term
Parasitosis
Definition
Parasite is on or within the host and DOES produce obvious injury or harm to host animal
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Ectoparasite
Definition
Lives on the body of host
Term
Endoparasite
Definition
Parasite lives within the body of host
Term
Infestation
Definition
A condition caused by a ectoparasite
Term
Infection
Definition
A condition caused by an endoparasite
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Parasiticides
Definition
Chemical compounds used to treat specific internal and external parasites
Term
Anthelmintics
Definition
Compund develpoed to kill roundworms, tapewords, flukes, and thorny-headed worms
Term
Acaricides
Definition
Compounds developed to kill mites and ticks
Term
Insecticides
Definition
Compounds developed to kill insects
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Antiprotozoals
Definition
Compounds developed to kill protozoan organisms
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Erratic Parasite
Definition
When a parasite travels from usual site of infection into an organ or location where it does not usually live
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Aberrant Parasite
Definition
When a parasite travels from usual site of infection into an organ or location where it does not usually live
Term
Incidental Parasite
Definition
When a parasite lives in a host that it usually does not live
Term
Facultative Parasite
Definition
Organisms that are "free-living" (non-parasitic) can become parasitic in certain hosts
Term
Obligatory Parasite
Definition
Parasite that must live a parasitic existence
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Periodic Parasite
Definition
Parasite that does not have to live on host but can make short visits to host for nourishment
Term
Pseudoparasite
Definition
Living creatures or objects that are not parasitic but may be mistaken as parasites
Term
Intermediate Host
Definition
Harbors the larval. juvenile, immature, or asexual stages of parasite
Term
Transport Host
Definition
Parasite does not undergo any development but remains suspended within the host's tissues until definitive host eats transport host
Term
Paratenic Host
Definition
Parasite does not undergo any development but remains suspended within the host's tissues until definitive host eats transport host
Term
Reservoir Host
Definition
A vertebrate host in which a parasite or disease occurs in nature an is source of infection for humans and domesticated animals
Term
Homoxenous Parasite
Definition
A parasite that will infect only one type of host
Term
Monoxenous Parasite
Definition
A parasite that will infect only one type of host
Term
Stenoxenous Parasite
Definition
A parasite with narrow host range
Term
Common Name
Definition
Name for different living organisms in different areas of the world
Term
Scientific Name
Definition
Composed of two latin words, which are commonly written in Italics
Term
Genus Name
Definition
Group to which a particular type of animal or plant belongs to
Term
Specific Epithet
Definition
The type of animal in a genus
Term
Acanthocephalins
Definition
Thorny headed worms
Term
Vectors
Definition
Organism that transports disease or parasite to a host
Term
Adulticide
Definition
An insecticide used to kill adult insects
Term
Amicrofilaremic
Definition
Referring to the absence of immature filarial parasites
Term
Annelids
Definition
Earthworms
Term
Arachnid
Definition
A class of joint-legged invertebrates. (ticks & mites)
Term
Ascarids
Definition
A parasitic nematode worm of a family whose members typically live in the intestines of vertebrates.
Term
Definitive Host
Definition
Host that harbors the adult, sexual, or mature stages of the parasite
Term
Euryxenous Parasite
Definition
Parasite within a very broad host range
Term
Free-Living Parasite
Definition
Parasite that does not have to live on host but can make short visits to host for nourishment
Term
Helminths
Definition
Parasitic worms
Term
Insecta
Definition
Insects
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Linnean Classification Scheme
Definition
Classification for all living organisms
Term
Microfilaricide
Definition
Dewormer that kills the immature filarial worm
Term
Nematode
Definition
Roundworms
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Oviparous
Definition
Type of nematode egg that contains either a single cell or a morula, a grape-like cluster of eggs
Term
Ovoviviparous
Definition
Type of nemtode egg that contains a first-stage larva
Term
Pathogenecity
Definition
Disease causing potential
Term
Platyhelminthes
Definition
Flatworms.
Term
Protozoan Parasite
Definition
Unicellular, or single cell organism
Term
Trematode
Definition
The flukes
Term
Larviparous
Definition
Type of female nematode that retains her eggs within the uterus and produces live first-stage larvae
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Life cycle
Definition
Development of parasite through its various life stages
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