Parasite Crossword

2. LICE Blood-feeding parasite that can cause anemia in pets
3. Round intruder that can be transmitted to puppies via mother's milk
6. WARBLE Fly parasite whose larvae form swellings under the skin of cats
7. Mite that causes hair loss and isn't contagious between animals
8. Tick species that can cause Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
11. Small jumper that spreads tapeworms and causes intense scratching
12. LICE Parasite that lays eggs at the base of hair shafts and causes pets to lose fur
13. Mite species that causes intense ear scratching and head shaking
14. Tick that can transmit Ehrlichiosis with a star in its name
17. Blood-feeding worm that enters through skin and attaches to intestinal wall
18. Insect whose larvae can cause intestinal infections in livestock
19. Tick species known for spreading Lyme disease with distinctive black legs
20. FLUKE Parasite that occupies cattle liver and uses mud snails as intermediate hosts
23. Flying pest that transmits heartworms to dogs and cats
24. TAPEWORM Often introduced when pets consume prey containing infective larval stage
25. Worm transmitted by mosquitoes that matures in the pulmonary artery

1. GONDII Cat-borne parasite dangerous to pregnant women
2. These worms cause intestinal distress in horses when consumed with contaminated grass
4. Microscopic parasite causing diarrhea in animals and people
5. DOG Transmits Babesiosis and prefers dogs as hosts
9. Immature stage called oocyst that causes intestinal distress in dogs
10. Transmitted to pets when they swallow infected fleas
15. MITE Skin parasite that causes itching and constructs almost invisible burrows
16. Mite causing dry, flaky skin in dogs, cats and rabbits
21. Burrows into a horse's stomach after being licked off the legs
22. Dog parasite found in the cecum that passes microscopic eggs in stool