commonly known as “cat scratch disease” transmitted by the bite or scratch of an infected cat, causing a sore or boil in the skin or lymph node.

a disease transmitted to humans and animals by ticks that can cause abnormalities in blood, such anemia.

bodily waste discharged through the anus. Also called stools, or informally, poop..

a parasite in the intestines of humans and animals causing sever diarrhea.

a worm living in the heart and/or lungs of dogs and cats, transmitted by mosquitoes. The adult worm can measure as long as 16 inches in length.

any of numerous small parasitic worms living in the intestines of dogs, drinking the host’s blood resulting in anemia. They have hooked mouthparts which fasten to the intestinal walls of the host.

a living animal or plant from which a parasite obtains nutrition.

bacterial disease caused by Borrelia organisms and transmitted by the eastern and western black legged ticks (deer ticks). The disease may infect both humans and animals and if untreated may result in [..]

an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host.

a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease