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definitive host

An organism in or on which a parasite reaches sexual maturity.

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definitive host - the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place

host - an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

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de·fin·i·tive host

n. huésped definitivo, aquel en el cual el parásito se desarrolla hasta alcanzar la madurez sexual.

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Adult parasites attached to the wall of the intestine in the definitive host, causing various pathological conditions such as chronic enteritis with ulcerative lesions (Dunn, 1963; Muller et al., 2010).

Variation in the prevalence and abundance of acanthocephalans in brown-nosed coatis Nasua nasua and crab-eating foxes Cerdocyon thous in the Brazilian Pantanal/Variacao na prevalencia e na abundancia do parasitismo de acantocefalos em dois carnivoros silvestres do Pantanal brasileiro

The development of the larvae in the definitive host provides information on the life cycle pattern.

Light and Scanning Electron Microscopic Studies on Eustrongylides exciscus Larvae (Nematoda: Dioctophmida) from Channa punctatus Bloch from India

Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) are commonly the primary definitive host for E.

Echinococcus multilocularis Infection, Southern Ontario, Canada

Adult trematodes live within the definitive host, the site of sexual reproduction.

The Hidden Effects of Parasites in a Changing Ocean

They present various life cycles, which usually involve an invertebrate vector as the definitive host and a vertebrate as the intermediate host but might also include other vertebrates as paratenic hosts upon whom the intermediate hosts prey.

Haemogregarine Genetic Diversity in Captive African Rock Pythons from Nigeria Suggests a Geographical Pattern/Nijerya'daki Afrika Kaya Pitonlarindaki Hemogregarin Genetik Cesitlilik Cografik Bir Paterni Gostermektedir

procyonis is a roundworm parasite of the North American raccoon (Procyon lotor), the definitive host. Infection with B.

Baylisascarisprocyonis Encephalomyelitis in a Toddler--King County, Washington, 2017

These protozoans use intermediate hosts in their life cycles and produce tissue cysts in the intermediate host that are infectious for an appropriate definitive host. Tissue cysts of these parasites can be identified using morphological, biological, and molecular methods.

Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, and Sarcocystis Species DNA in the Heart and Breast Muscles of Rock Pigeons (Columbia livia)

Its life cycle involves two hosts: dogs (but other carnivores as well) as the definitive host and sheep (and other herbivores) as intermediate hosts [1,2].

Cystic Echinococcosis of the Bone in Kazakhstan

The life cycle of digeneans such as Clinostomum includes a molluscan host, fish (second intermediate host), and a definitive host which is usually a piscivorous bird [11].

Occurrence of Clinostomum Metacercariae in Oreochromis mossambicus from Mashoko Dam, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

The definitive host for parasite is dog or canids and indefinite hosts are ruminants.

Surgical Management of Cervical Cystic Echinococcosis (Hydatidosis) in Ram

These parasites manipulate different behaviors that are believed to be specific to the definitive host species (Tain et al., 2006).

Humans act as an accidental intermediate host; infected after ingesting viable oncosphere-containing eggs, which have been shed in the faeces of the definitive host. The ingested ova penetrate the intestinal wall, reach the portal system and from there to the liver where most of them are lodged in the hepatic sinusoids.