paratenic — para·ten·ic (par″ə tenґik) denoting an intermediate host, sometimes called transfer host, of a parasite that is not essential to (neither hindering nor hastening) the completion of the parasite s life cycle. See under host … Medical dictionary
paratenic host — a fish which serves as an additional or optional intermediate host for a parasite. No development of the parasite occurs but the host fish may serve as an essential link in the parasite life cycle. Also called transport host … Dictionary of ichthyology
paratenic host — A host harboring a parasite that does not undergo further development and is generally of ecologic advantage in the disease cycle … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
paratenic host — a potential or substitute intermediate host that serves until the appropriate definitive host is reached, and in which no development of the parasite occurs; it may or may not be necessary to the completion of the parasite s life cycle. Called… … Medical dictionary
transport host — paratenic host (a fish which serves as an additional or optional intermediate host for a parasite. No development of the parasite occurs but the host fish may serve as an essential link in the parasite life cycle) … Dictionary of ichthyology
Host (biology) — In biology, a host is an organism that harbors a parasite, or a mutual or commensal symbiont, typically providing nourishment and shelter. In botany, a host plant is one that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other… … Wikipedia
Large roundworm of pigs — Taxobox name = Ascaris suum regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Secernentea ordo = Ascaridida familia = Ascarididae genus = Ascaris species = A. suum binomial = Ascaris suum binomial authority = (Goeze, 1782) Ascaris suum is a parasitic … Wikipedia
Dioctophyme renale — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda Class: Se … Wikipedia
Baylisascaris — Taxobox regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Nematoda ordo = Ascaridida familia = ? genus = Baylisascaris Baylisascaris is a genus of roundworms that infest more than fifty animal species.Life cycleBaylisascaris eggs are passed in feces… … Wikipedia
Spirometra — Taxobox name = Spirometra regnum = Animalia phylum = Platyhelminthes classis = Cestoda subclassis = Eucestoda ordo = Pseudophyllidea familia = Diphyllobothriidae genus = Spirometra Spirometra is a genus of Pseudophyllid cestode that reproduces in … Wikipedia
