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ZOO 4234 PARASITOLOGY EXAM 2 ANSWERED CORRECTLY!!!
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ZOO 4234 PARASITOLOGY EXAM 2ANSWERED CORRECTLY!!!
Parasiotology CORRECT ANSWERS study of the most common mode of life on earth
- centered on animal parasites of humans, domestic animals and wildlife
Parasite CORRECT ANSWERS an organism that lives in or on another organism (host)
and either harms the host or lives at the expense of the host
Why is parasitology important? CORRECT ANSWERS -parasite resistance
-insecticide resistance
-increased mobility (tropics)
-migration of refugees (war areas)
-military service personnel coming home from abroad
-modifications of the environment
-climate change (diseases spread from tropics to more temperate regions)
-immunosuppression (aids, cancer, release of toxic chemicals)
Pocket back mussels are parasitic because... CORRECT ANSWERS -latch on to the
gills of the fish and create larave
(known as lampisilis ovata)
Tongue eating isopods are parasitic because... CORRECT ANSWERS -feeds off the
fish's blood supply
-functionally replaces the function of the host
(known as cymothoa exigua)
Common vampire bat is parasitic because... CORRECT ANSWERS -takes blood from
their host
-uses thermal reception
(known as desmodus rotundus)
Cuscuta (dodder vine) known to be parasitic because... CORRECT ANSWERS -uses
haustoria to obtain hosts nutrients
-use chemoreception to pick up molecules from the host
Common cuckoo is known to be parasitic because... CORRECT ANSWERS -creates
parasitic offspring
-sees the reed warbler nest, engulf the host egg, drop the egg on purpose on one of the
host egg
-won't be taking nutrients from its offspring
-creates reed warbler to kick out other eggs
known as (cuculus canourus) CUCKOO BIRD
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