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PARASITAR [1 record]

Record 1 2007-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

To ... live on [an animal or plant] as a parasite.

CONT

About 3 weeks to 1 month later, minute immature larvae hatch. These larvae must parasitize an invertebrate host to develop. Suitable hosts for different species of horsehair worms include large predaceous arthropods (often mantids, water beetles, carabid beetles, or dragonflies) or omnivores (such as crickets and other closely related insects or millipedes).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
DEF

Habiter (un être vivant) en parasite [...]

CONT

La quantité de sang prélevée par chaque tique à chacun de ses repas est très faible, mais le grand nombre de tiques pouvant parasiter un seul animal peut [...] provoquer une déperdition suffisante pour provoquer les signes et les troubles de l'anémie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
CONT

El agente etiológico es un trematodo,la fasciola hepática (FH), que puede parasitar diferentes tipos de ganado herbívoro (ovino, vacuno, caprino, etc.) así como diversos animales (conejos, etc).

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