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Domesticated turkey
The domesticated turkey is a large poultry bird raised for food. The modern domesticated turkey descends from the wild turkey (meleagris gallopavo), one of the two species of turkey (genus ... > more -
Yellow fever
Yellow fever (also called yellow jack, black vomit, or sometimes American Plague) is an acute viral disease. It is still an important cause of hemorrhagic illness in several African and South ... > more -
Parasitism
A parasite is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on the living tissue of a host organism and which causes harm to the host without immediately killing it. Parasites also ... > more
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