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1) Identify this parasite (The worm is inside a copepod).
2) What is the family of this parasite?
3) Describe 1 difference between males and females.
4) Name the only definitive host of this parasite.
5) What is this parasite named after?

JasperKota wrote:1. dracunculus medinensis?
2. dracunculidae
3. males have unequal spicules
4. humans? (but also dogs have been diagnosed with guinea worm)
5. named after "fiery snakes" in Biblical texts

Correct!
(kinda late but your turn? lol )

Revive.

1) What parasite causes whirling disease?

2) What continent is this parasite native to?

3) When (and where? EC +1) was it first discovered in the United States?

[quote="builderguy135"]Revive.

1) What parasite causes whirling disease?

2) What continent is this parasite native to?

3) When (and where? EC +1) was it first discovered in the United States?
1. m. cerebralis iirc
2. europe
3. 1956 PA

LiteralRhinoceros wrote:

builderguy135 wrote:Revive.

1) What parasite causes whirling disease?

2) What continent is this parasite native to?

3) When (and where? EC +1) was it first discovered in the United States?
1. m. cerebralis iirc
2. europe
3. 1956 PA

your turn

1. What parasite is this?
2. What disease does it cause?
3. They limit what mineral in our body?

LiteralRhinoceros wrote:
1. What parasite is this?
2. What disease does it cause?
3. They limit what mineral in our body?

off the top of my head

borrelia burgdorferi
lyme disease
uhhhhh calcium? idek

builderguy135 wrote:

LiteralRhinoceros wrote:
1. What parasite is this?
2. What disease does it cause?
3. They limit what mineral in our body?

off the top of my head

borrelia burgdorferi
lyme disease
uhhhhh calcium? idek

iron
your turn