The animal is the "host".
Because, the animal acts as a host for the parasite. Also, the parasite acts as a guest so it's only right that the animal/plant is called the host.
A parasitic relationship describes an animal that depends on another animal for its survival while causing harm to the host. An example is a tick feeding on the blood of a host animal such as a deer.
Any animal including humans can be host to a Urinary Tract Infection.
Any animal! can
The cast of Animal nocturno - 2005 includes: Patricia Llaca as Host Ricardo Rocha as Host
A parasite is an animal that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients from the host.
they suck it up ^^^To improve on the above answer. Ticks bite into the host animal. Their saliva contains a mild antiseptic - which stops the host animal noticing the parasites bite. The tick then draws blood from the host animal by way of a long, tube-like structure. Once the tick is full, it drops off the host to digest its meal, then finds another host.
it is when a virus changes its natural host to a new host. ex. from an animal to a human.
The cast of Animal World - 2006 includes: Philip Hersh as Host Shannon Keith as Herself - Host Ingrid Newkirk as Herself - Host Ellen Pyzik as Hostess Ellen Pyzik as Narrator Peter Singer as Himself - Host
The cast of Animal World - 1968 includes: Bill Burrud as Himself - Host Bill Burrud as Host Bill Burrud as Host (1968-1980) Molly Sisson as Fashion Model
Host is an organism on or in which parasite live