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Organisms

Organismos

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Invertebrates

A general term for organisms which may cause illness or damage to humans or to crops, livestock, or materials important to humans. [NALT]
An animal, plant, fungus or other organism that thrives in places where it is not wanted by people, for example in fields, with livestock, in forests or in gardens. [AGROVOC]

Pests

Plagas

Microorganisms, viruses and parasites that can cause disease.

Pathogens

Patógenos 

Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic bacteria; fungi; viruses; and plants; though they may live parasitically. [NALT]
An organism that lives at the expense of another (host) during some portion of its life cycle. Usually a parasite does not kill its host. [AGROVOC]

Parasites

Parásitos 

An ectoparasite lives outside the host's body, on the host's surface. [<a href="http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10532">AGROVOC</a>]

Parásitos

Narrower Topics

Ectoparásitos

Plant parasitic Nematodes

Publications

Guide to Performing McMaster’s Fecal Egg Count for Small Ruminants

Parásitos

Narrower Topics

Ectoparásitos

Fish Parasites

Plant parasitic Nematodes

Poultry Parasites

Publications

Guide to Performing McMaster’s Fecal Egg Count for Small Ruminants