Sentence examples for type of parasite from inspiring English sources

Relative size of a host's geographic distribution, therefore, can have different or no effect on relative parasitism, depending on the type of parasite studied.

The researchers found that although wrasse consumed mucus and parasitic worms to the same degree, they definitely preferred mucus to the other type of parasite, tiny crustaceans known as isopods.

One common type of parasite is the parasitoid, an insect whose larvae feed and develop within or on the bodies of other arthropods.

Effective veterinary remedies are available for the animal, but it is important to determine through fecal examination or blood tests exactly what type of parasite is present.

One possibility, suggested for a type of parasite called a SINE (short interspersed element), is that it helps promote the production of proteins when a cell is put under stress.

For example, when a chorus frog was introduced to all six types of parasites simultaneously, the infection rate was 42 percent lower than for frogs infected with just one type of parasite.

"It takes many types of parasite eggs a while to ripen," said Dr. Emily Beeler, an animal disease surveillance veterinarian for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

It has few natural predators, but may harbour several types of parasite; the plumage is home to chewing lice and feather mites, while the large nests maintain a diverse range of mesostigmatic mites.

However, the differences in parasite load could also reflect genetically-based differences in immunocompetence or host behaviour, given that prevalence of two types of parasite with different host specificity and life cycle shows the same pattern across the hybrid zone.

The two types of parasite are not directly linked: Ixodes ricinus is not known to be a vector of any haemogregarine parasite and is well studied in nature because it is a vector of Lyme disease, menigoencephalitis and other diseases affecting humans.

So, are all types of parasite adhesion equally damaging?