BLG 667 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Hemolymph, Eosinophil, Pattern Recognition Receptor

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Biology
• Course: BLG 667
• Professor: Janet Koprivnikar

Document Summary

So, we talked about the fact that pre infection defenses are excellent strategies because not getting infected in the first place is often cheaper and easier to deal with than dealing with it afterwards. Spatial avoidance avoiding infection in a spatial sense. There are numerous examples of animals that can actually avoid the areas where they are likely to enter in contact with infectious stages. One very common strategy is that if parasites are known to be located in a specific area, as a potential host organism, just avoid spending time in those areas. A number of animals are pretty good at detecting where parasite infectious stages might be and avoiding those areas. 2. avoiding disease-filled times temporal: parasites often more common at certain times of day or year seasons. But, if you can"t necessarily go somewhere else, you can change how you spend time in your environment or some other aspects that are temporal avoidance.