paragaytology Flashcards
2 ways animals can obtain food at expense of other animals
Predation, Scavenging
Difference of predation from scavenging
Predation - pumapatay ng hayop tapos kain
scavenging - kumakain na ng patay na hayop kadiri
Symbiosis
“Living together”. Refers to association of two species for food and shelter.
Commensalism`
“eating at the same table”. beneficial for one and at least not disadvantageous to other.
3 types of symbiosis
Commensalism, Mutualism, parasitism,
Mutualism
Specialized type of symbiosis where organisms are beneficial to each other.
Parasitism
1 animal lives at the expense of the host.
What is medical parasitology
a branch of biology that is focused on the animal parasites of humans and their medical significance and public health impact.
An organism that depends
parasite
an organism that provides shelter and norusishment
host
Types of host
Definitive or final host, intermediate host, paratenic host, reservoir host.
Harbors the adult or sexually mature stage of parasite
Definitive or final host
definitive host for lymphatic filarial worms that cause elephantiasis and trypanosomes that cause african trypanosomiasis
humans
The defiinitive host for plasmodium spp. that causes malaria.
Anopheles mosquito
Harbors the larval stages or asexual forms of the parasites
Intermediate host
harbors the early larval stage of the parasites
first intermediate host
what is an intermediate host of all the trematodes
snail
Blood feeding arthropods intermediate hosts?
Mosquitos, tsese flies, sandflies, triatomid bugs
a blood feeding arthropod
vector
used to describe a vector which assist in the transfer of a prasitic form between hosts but is not essential in the life cycle of parasite
mechanical vector
does parasitic development occur in the vector?
no idiot!
example of a mechanical vector
a fly that transfers amoebic cysts from infected feces to food/drink that is consumed by humans
what is a non arthropods mechanical vector called?
transport or paratenic host
in such host, a parasite remains viable but does not develop.
transport or paratenic host
harbors the infective larval stage of the parasite.
Example: snail, fish, vegetable, crabs, ants
Second intermediate host
harbors the parasite in an underdeveloped or in arrested state of development
Paratenic host