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Parasitology Chapters 1 and 2
Charles Hendrix
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 1
09/10/2015

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Aberrant parasite
Definition
Parasite thats wandered from its usual site of infection into an organ or location that it doesn't normally live in
Term
Acanthocephalins
Definition
Thorny-headed worm
Term
Acaricides
Definition
Chemical compounds made to kill ticks and mites
Term
 Adulticide
Definition
Chemical compound made to kill the adul stage of parasites
Term
Amicrofilaremic
Definition
The absense of immature filarial parasites
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Annelids
Definition
earthworms
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 Anthelmintics
Definition
chemical compounds developed to kill roundworms, tapeworms, flukes, and thorny-headed worms
Term
   Antiprotozoals
Definition
chemical compounds made to kill protozoal organisms
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Arachnid
Definition
An anthropod
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Ascarids
Definition
egg type produced by nematodes
Term
 Commensalism
Definition
Type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other neither benefits or is harmed
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common name
Definition
name for a living organisim in different parts of the world
Term
Definitive host
Definition
Host that harbors the adult, sexual or mature stages of a parasite
Term
Ectoparasite
Definition
Parasite that lives on the body of the host
Term
Endoparasite
Definition
Parasite that lives within the body of the organisim
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 Erratic parasite
Definition
Parasite thats in a different site than from when it normally lives
Term
Euryxenous parasite
Definition
Parasite with a very broad host range
Term
 Facultative parasite
Definition
Organisim that is usually free living in nature but can develop as parasitic in certain hosts
Term
Free-living parasite
Definition
Parasite that lives in the enviroment and does not need to live inside a host to survive
Term
 Genus name
Definition
The group that a particular organism belongs to
Term
Helminths
Definition
parasitic worms
Term
Homoxenous parasite
Definition
parasite that will infect only one type of host
Term
Host
Definition
In a parasitic relationship in which the parasite lives in or on
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Incidental parasite
Definition
Parasite found on a host in which it doesnt normally live
Term
Infection
Definition
Condition caused by an endoparasite within the host's body
Term
Infestation
Definition
Condition caused by an ectoparasite outside or in the host
Term
Insecta
Definition
Class of insects
Term
Insectacides
Definition
Chemical compounds made to kill insects
Term

 

  Intermediate host

Definition
Host that harbors the larval, immature or asexual stages of a parasite
Term
Larviparous
Definition
Type of female nematode that retains her eggs within the uterus and produces live first stage larvae
Term
Life Cycle
Definition
Development of a parasite through its various life stages
Term
Linnaean Classification Scheme
Definition
Classification for all living organisms
Term
Microfilaricide
Definition
Dewormer that kills the immature filarial worm
Term
Monoxenous parasite
Definition
Parasite that will only infect one type of host
Term
Mutualism
Definition
Symbiotic relationship between two organisims in which both benefit
Term
Nematode
Definition
Roundworms
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Obligatory parasite
Definition
Parasite that must lead a parasitic existence
Term
Oviparous
Definition
Type of nematode egg that contains either a single cell or morula
Term
Ovoviviparous
Definition
Type of nematode egg that constains a first stage larvae
Term
Parasite
Definition
The member that lives in or on a host
Term
 Parasitiasis
Definition
The parasite is on or within the host and is potentially pathogenic
Term
Parasitosis
Definition

a disease that develops as a result of infestation by parasites

 

Term
Parasiticides
Definition
Chemical compounds used to treat specific external and internal parasites
Term
Parasitology
Definition
The study of parasitic relationships
Term
Paratenic host
Definition
Host used to transport a parasite
Term
Pathogenecity
Definition
Disease causing potential
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Periodic parasite
Definition
Parasite that makes frequent short visits to a host to obtain nourishment
Term
Phoresis
Definition
Type of symbiotic relationship in which the smaller member is mechanically carried by the larger
Term
Platyhelminthes
Definition
phylum of invertebrates that comprises the flatworms
Term
Protozoan parasite
Definition
unicellular organisims
Term
 Pseudoparasite
Definition
Living creatures that are not parasitic but resemble parasites
Term
  Reservoir host
Definition
A parasite or disease occurs naturally
Term
Scientific name
Definition
Name for an organisim composed of two latin words
Term
Specific epithet
Definition
type of animal in a genus
Term
 Stenoxenous parasite
Definition
Parasite with a narrow host range
Term
Symbiosis
Definition
Association with two living things of different species
Term
  Transport host
Definition
Type of intermediate host in which parasite does not develop
Term
Trematode
Definition
Flukes
Term
vectors
Definition
organisim that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another
Term
zoonosis
Definition
diseases that can be transmitted
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