Author Question: Name the three major external parasites, and describe how they damage their hosts. What will be ... (Read 24 times)

kshipps · **on:** Jul 21, 2018

Name the three major external parasites, and describe how they damage their hosts.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Meiosis occurs much like ___________________ __, but the process is carried a step further.

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Loise Hard · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ticks cause damage by penetrating the skin and sucking blood from the host animal. This leaves a sore that can be an avenue for disease organisms, and it can cause anemia from blood loss. Lice cause animals discomfort by biting or piercing the host animal's skin. This causes the animal to rub and scratch against posts, trees, or other objects to obtain relief. In so doing, however, they lose grazing or eating time, and breeding processes may be interrupted. The larvae of heel flies burrow through the soft tissue of an animal, all the way from the leg to the back, where they eat a hole in the skin for a breathing hole. This damages meat and hides.

Answer to Question 2

mitosis