Sentences with phrase «paratenic host»
A "paratenic host" refers to a living organism that serves as a temporary carrier or transporter for a parasite, without the parasite developing or completing its life cycle in that organism. In simpler terms, it's like a hitchhiker that doesn't harm or grow inside the carrier, but can use it to move from one place to another. Full definition
«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.»
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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.
An infected vertebrate paratenic host is consumed, and larvae are released in the dog's small intestine where they become adult worms.
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