Reduviid bugs are periodic parasites; that is, they make frequent visits to the host to obtain a blood meal.

In the life cycle of a three-host tick, the ___ attaches to the first host, and the ___ attaches to the second host.

Parasitism by an ectoparasite leads to an __________ on the host.

___ best describes a condition in which normally free-living fly larvae adapt themselves to a parasitic dependence on a host.

A fluke’s first intermediate host is a:

Humans contract trichinosis by eating undercooked pork containing the ___ stage of Trichinella spiralis. Clients should be advised to cook pork at a temperature of ___ to ensure that this infective stage has been killed.

The intermediate host for Moniezia species, the ruminant tapeworm, is:

Which of the following statements about flukes is the least accurate?

___ are characteristic of Dirofilaria immitis.

Alaria species flukes use all of the following as their second intermediate host except: