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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > ecology > ecological processes and phenomena > host-parasite relationships > parasite load

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > ecology > ecological processes and phenomena > host-parasite relationships > parasite load

Preferred Term:

parasite load

Definition:

Measure of the number of the parasites present in a host organism.

Concept Schemes:

NALT Full

Broader Concept:

host-parasite relationships

Entry Terms:

parasitic load

URI:

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/199466

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