definitive host

Until recently, the only known definitive host was the domestic dog.

They cause more damage to this host than it does to its definitive host.

Humans cannot be definitive hosts for these species of tapeworms.

The most common definitive hosts are the domestic dog, cat, and red fox.

The definitive hosts for these species are cats and dogs.

In at least 56 species definitive and intermediate hosts are known.

In fact, pigs are recognised as the principal definitive host.

Most definitive hosts do not show any clinical sign or symptoms.

Reproduction of the parasite only occurs in the definitive host.

The next definitive host in the life cycle is infected exclusively through blood feeding.