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| A parasite that has wandered from its usual site of infection into an organ or location in which it does not ordinarily live; also called erratic parasite. |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill mites and ticks |
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| A pesticide that is designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae |
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| Referring to the absence of immature filarial parasites |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill round worms, tape worms, flukes, and throny-headed worms; also anthelminthics |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill protozoan organisms |
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| A class of arthropods possessing a chitinous exoskeleton and jointed legs |
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| Another name for the roundworm group of parasites |
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| A type of symbiotic relationship in which one symbiont benefits while the other neither benefits nor is harmed |
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| The name for a living organism in different regions of the world; may refer to different organisms in different places |
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| A host that harbors the adult, sexual, or mature stages 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; an endoparasite will produce and infection within the host |
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| A parasite with a very broad host range |
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| An organism that is usually free-living (nonparasitic) in nature that develops a parasitic existence in certain hosts |
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| A parasite that does not require a host to survive |
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| The group a particular part of parasite belongs to |
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| A parasite that will infect only one type of host; also called monoxenous parasite |
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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 in which it does not usually live |
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| A condition caused by an endoparasite, within the host's body |
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| A condition caused by an ectoparasite, outside or on the host's body |
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| A class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, and 3 pairs of jointed legs |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill insects |
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| A host that harbors the larval, juvenile, immatire, or asexual stages of the parasite. They may have more than one intermediate host |
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| Type of female nematode that retains her eggs within the uterus 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 definitive host and may have one or more intermediate host |
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| Linnaean Classification Scheme |
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| Classification for all living organisms (animals, plants, fungi, protozoa, and algae) perfected by Linnaeus, an early Swedish biologist. Every living organism can be classified using the following scheme: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, 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 relationship derive some benefit |
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| Parasite that must lead a parasitic existence; most parasites of domestic animals are obligatory parasites |
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| type of nematode egg that contains either a single cell or a morula, a grapelike cluster of cells |
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| Type of nematode egg that contains a first-stage larva |
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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; however, the animal does not exhibit outward 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 obvious outward signs of clinical parasitism. |
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| Chemical compounds (either very simple or complex) used to treat specific internal and external parasites (endo and ectoparasites); different types include anthelmintics, acaricides, insecticides, and antiprotozoals |
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| The study of parasitic relationships |
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| A host used for transport of a parasite. The parasite does not go through any developmental stages |
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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 is mechanically carried by the larger member |
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| The name for trematodes and cestodes |
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| Unicellular, or single celled organisms that may be flagellates, amoebae, sporozoans, apicomplexans, or ciliates. |
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| Living creatures or inanimate objects that are not parasitic by may be mistaken for, or erroneously identified as parasites. |
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| Vertebrate host in which a parasite or disease occurs in nature and is a source of infection for humans or other domesticated animals |
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| Name for a living organism that is composed of two latin words, usually written in italics. The genus name is capitalized and indicates the group to which a particular type of animal or plant belongs to while the species name is lowercase and indicated the type of animal itself. |
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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 (temporary or permanent) between at least two living organisms of different species |
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| Special type of intermediate host in which the parasite does not undergo any development, but instead remains arrested, or encysted within the host's tissues. Also called a paratenic host |
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| They are the carriers and cause of the disease and what passes it along. A tick is a vector for Lyme disease |
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| Any disease or parasite that is transmissible from animals to humans |
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