"Host animal" refers to an animal that provides shelter or resources to another organism, called a parasite or a symbiont, allowing it to live and survive. The host animal acts as a home or feeding ground for the other organism.
Sentences with «host animal»
However, it's a mystery as to how and where plague hides between outbreaks after a mass die - off of host animals. (morrisanimalfoundation.org)
Previous research had shown that DNA from host animals, and from pathogens such as malaria, is preserved in the blood meals of flies. (sciencedaily.com)