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Chapter 1 key terms Flashcards

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Aberrant parasite

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another name for erratic parasites- organ or location in which it does not ordinarily live

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Acaricides

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compounds that kill mites and ticks

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Animalia

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kingdom for animals- includes platyhelminthes, trematodes, cestodes, acanthocephalans, annelids, and arthropods

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Anthelmintics

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compounds that kill roundworms, tapeworms, flukes, and thorny-headed worms

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Antiprotozoals

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compounds that kill protozoa

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Classification System

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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

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Commensalism

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one symbiont benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited

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Common name

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may refer to different organisms in different places

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Definitive host

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host that harbors the adult, sexual, or mature stages

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Ectoparasite

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lives on the body of the host

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Ectoparasitism

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parasitism by an external parasite

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Endoparasitism

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parasitism by an internal parasite

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Erratic parasite

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another name for Aberrant parasites- organ or location in which it does not ordinarily live

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Euryxenous parasite

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broad host range

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15
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Facultative parasite

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free- living and is non-parasitic

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Fungi

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kingdom for fungi

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Genus name

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first word is capitalized

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Homoxenous parasite

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parasite that will infect only one type of host

-also known as monoxenous

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Host

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a member that a parasite lives within

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Incidental parasite

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parasite can occur in a host in which it does not usually live

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Infection

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caused by an endoparasite

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Infestation

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ectoparasite will produce this

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Insecticides

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compounds that kill insects

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Intermediate host

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harbors the larval, juvenile, immature or asexual stages

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Life cycle

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has at least one definitive host

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Monera

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kingdom for algea

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Monoxenous parasite

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parasite that will infect only one type of host

-also known as homoxenous

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Mutualism

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both organisms benefit cow and the bacteria in the rumen

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Obligatory parasite

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parasite that must lead a parasitic existence

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Parasite

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the member that lives inside the other

31
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Parasitosis

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does produce obvious harm or injury to the host

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Parasiticides

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chemical compounds that treat internal and external parasites

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Parasitism

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one member lives on or within the other

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Parasitology

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the study of parasitic relationships

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Paratenic Host

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same as transport host- where the encysted lives

36
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Periodic parasite

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make frequent short visits to the host, they dont live on it

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Phoresis

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means to carry- pinkeye in cattle

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Planta

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kingdom for plants

39
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Predator

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what does the eating and benefits

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Predator-Prey relationship

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very short-term and one benefits at the others expense such as a zebra and lion

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Prey

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what gets eaten

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Protista

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kingdom protozoans or unicellular organisms

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Pseudoparasite

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they are not parasitic

44
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Reservoir host

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a vertebrate host in which a parasite or disease occurs in nature

45
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Scientific name

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written in italics

46
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Specific epithet

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indicates the type of animal itself

47
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Stenoxenous parasite

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parasite with a narrow host range

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Symbiont

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each member of a relationship

49
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Symbiosis

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an association between two living organisms of different species

50
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Transport host

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same as paratenic host- where the encysted lives

51
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Veterinary parasitology

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study of parasitic relationships effecting animals

52
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Zoonosis

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is any disease or parasite that is transmissible from animals to humans

53
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endoparasite

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lives within the body

54
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encysted

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remains in arrested state, or suspended animation

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