Terms To Know

Question 0

Ectoparasite

Answer 0

A parasite that lives within the host

Question 1

Anemia

Answer 1

Lack of blood

Question 2

Host

Answer 2

Any animal that harbors a parasite

Question 3

Intermediate host

Answer 3

Host in which a parasite goes through the larval stage of development

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Larva

Answer 4

Immature stage in the life cycle of a parasite

Question 5

Meniscus

Answer 5

A curved surface of liquid seen when a test tube is filled just above the top

Question 6

Micro filaria

Answer 6

The larval stage of the heart worm

Question 7

Parasitology

Answer 7

The study of parasites

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Paratenic host

Answer 8

Host that helps spread a parasite without the parasite developing within it

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Proglottid

Answer 9

The segment of the tapeworm containing the male & female reproductive organs

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Protozoa

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A microscopic single -celled animal

Question 11

Transmammary

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Route of infection where the parasite is passed through the mammary gland to the hosts young

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Transplacental

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Route of infection where the parasite is passed across the placenta of a pregnant animal

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Vector

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An animal,usually a tick or insect,that transmits the disease causing organism

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Zoonosis

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A disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans (;