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| A parasite that moves from its typical location to an organ or other place where it does not usually live. (erratic parasite) |
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| Thorny headed worms. Cylindrical worms with elongated unsegmented bodies and spiny proboscis on the anterior end. |
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| Chemical compounds that have been delveloped to kill ticks and mites. |
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| an insecticide used to kill adult parasites. |
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| The absence of immature filarial parasites. |
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| Chemical compounds that have been developed to kill roundworms, tapeworms, flukes, and thorny-headed worms. |
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| Chemical compounds that have been developed to kill protozoan. |
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| A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is not helped or harmed. |
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| The name given to a living organism that may differ from place to place. |
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| A host that has parasite in the adult,sexual, or mature stages of life. |
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| A parasite that is living on the host's body. |
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| A parasite that is living inside the host's body; produces an infection. |
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| A parasite that moves from its typical location to an organ or other place where it does not usually live. ( aberrant parasite) |
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| A parasite that has a very broad range of host organisms. |
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| An organism that tends to be nonparasitic except in certain hosts. |
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| A parasite that does not require z host organism to survive. |
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| The group that a particular organism belongs to. (Animal/parasite/plant) |
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| A parasite that will infect a single type of host only. (monoxenous) |
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| An organism that a parasite lives on or in. |
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| A parasite that is found in a host organism that it does not typically live in. |
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| A condition that is caused by an endoparasite inside the host's body. |
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| When ectoparasites are living on the outside of the host's body. |
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| The classification class that contains insects. |
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| Chemical compounds that have been developed to kill insects. |
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| An organism that acts as a host for larval, juvenile, immature, or asexual stages of the parasite. |
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| A type of female nematode where the eggs are kept inside the uterus and born as live first-stage larvae. |
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| The different developmental stages a parasite goes though all throughout its life. |
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| Linnaean Classification Scheme |
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| Classification system for living organisms developed by a Swedish biologist named Lannaeus (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.) |
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| A dewormer that is used to kill immature filarial worms. |
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| A parasite that affects only one kind of host. |
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| A type of symbolic relationship where both the host and parasite benefit. |
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| A parasite that requires a host organism to survive. |
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| A nematode egg containing either a single cell or a cluster of cells. (Morula) |
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| A type of nematode egg containing a larva in its first stage. |
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| An organism that lives on a host. |
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| A type of parasitic relationship where a parasite living in or on a host is potentially harmful however, the host shows no clinical signs. |
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| A type of parasitic relationship where the parasite causes harm to the host which shows clinical signs. |
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| A substance used to kill parasites. (especially those other than bacteria or fungi) |
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| The study of a relationship between a parasite and a host. |
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| A host that is used to transport a parasite, the parasite does not develop from one life stage to another. |
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| Having the potential to cause disease. |
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| A parasite that often makes short visits to its host for benefits such as nourishment. |
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| A relationship where the smaller organism is carried by the larger organism. |
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| A single celled organism that may be either flagellates, amoebae, sporzoans, apicomplexans, or cilliates. |
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| A living organism or non-living thing that is often mistaken to be a parasite. |
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| A host that gets a parasite or disease from nature and then can spread it to other animals or humans. |
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| A name given to living organisms made up by two Latin words. (genus, and specific epithet) |
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| A name used to describe a specific animal in a genus. |
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| A parasite that had only a few hosts. |
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| Any relationship between two or more organisms of different species. |
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| A type of intermediate host where that parasite does not develop from one stage to another. (paratenic host) |
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| Flukes, parasites found on fish, amphibians, and reptiles. |
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| An organism that spreads disease from one animal to another. |
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| A disease or parasite that can spread from animals to humans. |
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