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parasite that has wandered from its usual site of infection into another organ/location in which it does not usually live
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| insecticide used to kill adult insects |
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| refers to absence ofimmature filarial parasites |
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| chemical compounds used to kill roundworms, tapeworms, flukes and thorny headed worms |
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| chemical compounds used to kill protozoans |
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| an arthropod of class Arachnida, such as a spider |
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| a family of parasites (nemotodes) that often live in the intestines of vertebrates |
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| a symbiotic relationship in which one symbiont benefits while neither benefits nor is harmed |
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| the name for an organism in different regions of the world |
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| a host that harbors the adult sexual or mature stages of the parasite |
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| a parasite that lives ON the body |
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| a parasite that lives within the hose and will produce an infection within that host |
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| (same as aberrant parasite) a parasite that has wandered from its usual site of infection into an organ or location in which it does not ordinarily live |
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| parasite with a very broad host range |
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| organism that is usually free living in nature that develops a parasitic existence in certain hosts |
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| life cycle stage that doesn't require a host to survive |
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| the group of a particular type of animal or parasite or plant which it belongs to |
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| parasite that will only infect one type of host |
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| in a parasitic relationship, the member in which or on which the parasite lives |
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| a parasite that is found in a host which it doesn't usually live |
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| condition caused by an endoparasite within the hosts body |
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| condition caused by an ectoparasite outside or on the hosts body |
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| a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae |
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| chemical compounds developed to kill insects |
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| a host that ho=arbors the larval, juvenile immature or asexual stages of the parasite. may have 1 or more immature host |
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| a type of female nematode that retains her eggs within the utuerus and produces live first stage larvae |
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| development of a parasite through its various life stages, every parasite has its own distinct individual life cycle with at least one difinitive host and may have one or more intermediate hosts |
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| Linnaean Classification scheme |
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classification for all living organisms perfected by Linneaeaus an early swedish biologist.
Every living organism can be classified using the following scheme: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. |
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| dewormer that kills the immature filarial worm |
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| a parasite that will only infect one type of host |
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| type of symbiotic relationship in which both organisms in the symbiotic |
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| parasite that must lead a parasitic existence; most parasites on domestic animals are obligatory parasites |
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| release an egg with a single cell inside |
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| Egg with 1st stage larva inside |
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| the member that lives on or within the host |
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| a type of parasitic relationship where the parasite is present on or within the host and is potentially pathogenic...however the host does not exhibit clinical signs of disease |
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| type of parasitic relationship in which the parasite is present on or within the host and causes obvious injury or harm to the host animal- they show outward clinical signs |
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| chemical compounds (either very simple or very complex) used to treat specific internal and external parasites - includes aanthelmintics, acaricides, insecticides and antiprotozoals |
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| study of parasitic relationships |
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| a host used for transport of a parasite. Parasite does not go through any developmental changes |
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| disease causing potential |
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| parasite that makes frequent short visits to its host to obtain nourishment or other benefits |
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| type of symbiotic relationship in which the smaller member in the relationship is mechanically carried by the larger member |
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| the group of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates. |
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| an object or organism that resembles or is mistaken for a parasite. |
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| an animal or plant that harbors and provides sustenance for another organism (the parasite) |
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name for a living organism composed of 2 latin words (written in italics.)
The genus name indicates the group the animal or plant is placed in |
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| the type of animal in a genus |
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| parasite with a narrow host range |
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| any association (whether temporary or permanent) between 2 living organisms of different species |
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A special type of intermediate host in which the parasites does not undergo any development but instead remains arrested or encysted within the hosts tissue.
Also parentenic host |
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| Flukes or unsegmented worms |
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| A biting insect or tick that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal to another. |
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| any disease or parasite transmissible from animals to humans. |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill mites and ticks |
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| Single cell organisms that may be flagellates, amoebae, sporozoans, apicomplexans or ciliates. |
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