Sentences with word «paratenic»
The word "paratenic" refers to a type of relationship between animals and parasites. It means that one animal can serve as a temporary host for a parasite, but does not allow the parasite to develop or reproduce. The parasite simply uses the animal as a means of transportation to reach its final host. Full definition
An infected vertebrate paratenic host is consumed, and larvae are released in the dog's small intestine where they become adult worms.
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«Urbanized raccoons are more likely to forage in refuse and other human - provided food sources that would decrease the chances of a raccoon ingesting B. procyonis — infected paratenic hosts... urbanized raccoons have been shown to have smaller home ranges, which limit contact and foraging in potentially contaminated areas.»
These eggs may come from the feces of infected cats or from the tissues of paratenic hosts (an accidental host).
Common paratenic hosts for roundworms include earthworms, cockroaches, rodents, and birds.
These prey animals that carry worm larvae are called paratenic or transport hosts.
H. americanum is also carried in an intermediary or paratenic host which researchers have yet to identify.
If a cat eats the paratenic host, the roundworm is able to complete its life cycle.
In a paratenic host, the roundworm eggs do not mature into adults, but are just transported.
Paratenic hosts, such as earthworms and field mice, ingest infective eggs and become carriers of larvae that arrest in somatic tissues.
It is caused by the protozoa Hepatozoon americanum and transmitted by the Gulf Coast tick as well as a paratenic host