Chapter One and Two Key Terms Flashcards
Aberrant parasite
Erratic parasite (wanders from original place
Acaricides
Drugs that kill mites and ticks
Anthelmiintics
Drugs to kill worms
Antiprotozoals
Drugs against protozoans
Commensalism
Relatinoship between parasite and host where only one benefits, the other is not affected
Definitive host
Where parasites will reproduce and grow to sexual maturity
Erratic parasite
Parasite that wanders from the place it normally lives to someplace else
Euryxenous parasite
Parasite that can effect many different species
Facultative parasite
Parasite that is free living I nature and can get picked up by host
Homoxenous parasite
Parasite that infects only one type of host
Incidental parasite
Found in a host it is usually not found in
Intermediate host
Carries immature, asexual parasites, transports parasites from one host to another
Monera
Algae
Monoxenous parasite
Parasite that will only infect one type of host
Mutualism
Both benefit
Obligatory parasite
Must live on or in a host
Parasitiasis
Parasite present, but animal does not exhibit clinical signs of disease
Parasitism
Association between two organisms of differing species
Paratenic host
Transports parasites
Periodic parasite
Parasite that makes short frequent visits to hosts
PHORESIS
Smaller member is carried by larger member
Monogenetic flukes
ONe intermediate host
Digenetic flukes
Fluke has two hosts
True tapeworms
Eucestodes
Alimentary canal
GI tract
Tegument
Skin
Pseudotapeworms
Fake tape worms
Roundworms
Nematodes, unsegmented, cylindrical
Acanthocephalans
Thorny headed worms, unsegmented, uncommon
Leeches
Hirudineans
Causal agents
Can cause something else
Vectors
Something that carries a disease
