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| 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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| Chemical compounds developed to kill mites and ticks |
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| Kill certain adult helminths |
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| Referring to the absence of immature filarial parasite |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill roundworms, tapeworms, flukes, and thorny-headed worms; also called anthelminthics |
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| Chemical compounds developed to kill protozoan organisms |
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| Kill arachnids (ticks, mites) |
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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 in different regions of the world; may refer to different organisms in different places |
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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; an endoparasite produces an infection within that host |
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| 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 (nonparasitic) in nature and develops a parasitic and use a host for their development |
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| Life cycle stage that does not require a host to survive |
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| The group a particular type of animal, parasite, or plant belongs to |
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| Parasite that infects 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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| 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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| Flies (bots), 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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| 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 cycles with at least one definitive 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 (animal, plants,fungi, protozoa, and algae) perfected by Carl Linnaeus, 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 infects only one type of host |
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| Type of symbiotic relationship in which both organisms 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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| An organism which lives on (ectoparasite producing infestation) or in (endoparasite producing an infection) another living organism (host) at whose expense it obtains some advantage |
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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; the host exhibits obvious outward signs of clinical parasitism |
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| chemical compounds used to treat internal and external parasites |
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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 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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| Unicellular, or single-celled, organisms that may be flagellates, amoebae, sporozoans, apicomplexans, or cilates |
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| Living creatures or inanimate objects that are not parasitic but 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 (capitalized) indicated the group to which a particular type of animal or plant belongs; the specific epithet (lowercase) 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 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 |
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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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