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What is the symbiotic relationship between a hookworm and puppies?
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∙ 15y ago
Hookworm infection can be looked at as a natural check in the canine population as it is frequently lethal to young puppies. A young puppy is growing and that includes making enough new blood to serve not only its needs but the needs of its growth. Growing requires a tremendous red blood cell production from the puppy's bone marrow, yet in the hookworm infected puppy this process is being sabotaged by numerous tiny vampires within. The puppy may be effectively bled to death.
This form of symbiotic relationship is parasitism; a relationship in which one organism - the host - is the source of food and/or shelter for another organism, the parasite. In this relationship, all of the benefits go to the parasite; the host is harmed by the relationship.
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∙ 15y agoIn commensalism, one organism benefits from the relationship while the other is neither helped nor hurt. For the most part, humans infected with hookworms show no symptoms. It is only after many years or with a severe infestation symptoms such as anemia or malnutrition may occur.
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