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| The organism infecting the host |
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| the animal infected with a parasite |
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| A host in which sexual reproduction of the parasite occurs |
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| A host in which development, but not sexual reproduction of the parasite occurs |
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| Paratenic (Transport) Host |
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| A host in which a sexually immature stage of the parasite resides for an extended period and can be transmitted to the next host but does not develop |
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| An organism upon which a parasite hitches a ride between hosts for a short time without infecting the vector organism |
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| The Big Three Groups of Parasites |
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| Protozoans, Helminths, Arthropods |
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| Amoebas, Ciliates, Flagellates, Apicomplexans |
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| An Apical Complex to Penetrate Host Cells |
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| Organisms having a Chitinous Exoskeleton |
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| Nematodes, Platyhelminths, Acanthocephalans |
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| A type of Platyhelminth- Flukes |
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| A type of Platyhelminth- Tapeworms |
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| Insects, Acarines, Pentastomes, Crustacea |
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| Six legged adults, many kinds |
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| Eight legged adults, ticks and mites |
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| Parasite (Nutritional Definition) |
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| Creatures which find their nourishment and habitat on or in other living organisms |
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| Parasite (Pathological Definition) |
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| Causes ill effects by living on or in the host |
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| Parasite (Ecological Definition) |
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| Those animals that use other living animals as their environment and source of food at the same time relinquishing to their hosts partly or completely the task of regulating their relationships with their environment |
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| Traveling together such as a barnacle attached to the shell of a sea turtle |
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| Eating at the same table, one benefits and the other is niether helped nor harmed such as the relationship between cattle egrets and cattle |
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| Reciprocally recieving and giving, members of the symbiosis benefit from the relationship such as cattle and their cellulose-digesting rumen flora and fauna |
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| One, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host |
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| Normally lives free in the environment but can take up a parasitic mode of existence of circumstances permit |
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| Always remains with the host |
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| May come and go from the host |
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| Parasites infecting parasites, example, canine heartworms |
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| The disease caused by a parasite |
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| Involve parasites of wild animals infecting humans (zoonotic) |
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| involve parasites of companion or food animals or of domestic pests such as rats and mice infecting humans (zoonotic) |
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| Two general methods for evolution of parasitism |
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| Parasite Co-Evolved with the Host, The Parasite more recently Colonized the Host |
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