Parasitism

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Symbiosis

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term used to cover all categories of Inter-Specific association

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Commensalism

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Both organisms able to lead independent lives but one of the pair benefits while the other is unaffected.

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Parasitism

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One member of the association profits and the other is harmed

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Mutualism

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Both organisms benefit from living together and ofthen depend on each other for survival

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Overdispersion - negative binomial distribution

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few hosts harbor large numbers of parasites and many hosts harbor only a few

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Definitive Host

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Host in which the parasite spends most of its time; where sexual production usually occurs

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Intermediate Host

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Host in which the parasite spends less time (not vector)

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Vector

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Mobile host which carries the parasite

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Ectoparasite

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parasite which live outside of the host usually attached to skin, feather or gills

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Endoparasites

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parasites which live within the host in the gut, body cavity, lungs, blood or elsewhere

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Obligate

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parasite which can only survive within a host

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Facultative

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organism that can live as a parasite or non-parasite (outside the host)