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| Aberrant (erratic) parasite |
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| An organism which wanders from its usual site of infection |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill mites and ticks |
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| Insecticide developed to kill adult parasites |
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| Referring to the absence of immature filarial parasites |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill roundworms, tapeworms, flukes, and thorny-headed worms |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill protozoan organisms |
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| A class of joint-legged invertebrates (ticks and mites) |
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| Small intestinal roundworms (a genus of parasitic nematodes) |
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| Type of symbiotic relationship in which one symbiont benefits while the other neither benefits nor is harmed |
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| Non-scientific name for a living organism |
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| Host that harbors the adult, sexual, or mature stage of the parasite |
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| parasite that lives on the body of the host |
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| parasite that lives within the body of the host (produces an infection within the host) |
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| parasite with a very bad host range |
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| free-living (non-parasitic) organism that can become parasitic in certain hosts |
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| an organism which is capable of living in the environment and leading a non-parasitic existence |
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| the group a particular type of animal, parasite or plant |
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| homoxenous/ monoxenous parasite |
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| parasite that infects only one type of host |
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| in a parasitic relationship, the member in which the parasite lives |
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| parasite that is found in a host in which it does not usually live |
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| a condition caused by an endoparasitic within the hosts body |
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| a condition caused by an ectoparasite, outside or on the hosts body |
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| invertebrates that have a chitinous exoskeletion, a 3- part body, 3 pairs of jointed legs, eyes and antennae (flies, lice, fleas) |
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| chemical compounds developed to kill insects |
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| host that harbors the larval , juvenile, immature, or asexual stages of the parasite (a parasite may have more than one intermediate host) |
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| incubate eggs internally produce live larva |
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| development of a parasite through its various life stages |
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| Linnaen Classification Scheme |
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| classification for all living organisms |
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| chemical used to kill microfilaria, as in the larval stages of heartworm |
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| type of symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit |
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| Parasite that must lead a parasitic existence |
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| Egg with a single cell morula (developing embryo) stage |
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| Egg with a first stage larva developing inside |
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| In a parasitic relationship, the member that lives on or within the host |
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| Type of parasitic relationship in which the parasite is present on or within the host and is potentially pathogenic (animal 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 (host exhibits outward signs of disease) |
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| chemical compounds used to treat specific internal and external parasites |
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| The study of parasitic relationships |
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| paratenic host (transfer host) |
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| A host used for transport of a parasite |
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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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| symbiotic relationship in which the smaller member in the relationship is mechanically carried by the larger member |
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| flatworms (cestodes and trematodes) |
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| unicellular, or single-celled, organisms that may be flagellates, amoebae, sporozoans, apicomplexans or ciliates |
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| organisms or objects that are not parasites but may be mistakenly identified as parasites |
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| vertebrate host in which a parasite or disease occurs naturally and is a source of infection |
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| name for a living organism made from two Latin words |
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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 between at least 2 living organisms of different species |
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| transport host (paratenic host) |
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| secial type of intermediate host in which the parasite does not undergo any development but instead remains arrested within the host's tissues |
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| flukes, unsegmented flatworms |
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| an organism that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal to another |
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| any disease or parasite that is transmissible from animals to humans |
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