Nematodes (roundworms) are free-living in the intestines. Roundworms do not require an intermediate host to spread from dog to dog, but can be transmitted from dog to dog via infective eggs shed in the feces. of blood sucking, hookworms can cause severe anemia.
Does roundworm have intermediate host?
Snails as Intermediate Hosts of Human Disease Freshwater snails are the intermediate hosts of a variety of trematode flukes and some nematodes (roundworms) that cause many human diseases (Ross et al., 1997, Figure 6.6(c) and (d)).
Do roundworms need a host?
Roundworms are parasites — organisms that need to live on or in another creature to survive. Often, the parasite causes problems for its host (creature it depends on). For roundworms, they need the body of humans or other animals to mature into egg-laying adults.
Which nematode has an intermediate host?
Ephemera strigata seemed to be the most important intermediate host of these nematodes.
Which of the following parasites has no intermediate host?
The correct answer is Ascaris.
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