“…Evidence has been produced to show that other kinds of stress such as crowding, heat, cold, electrical stimuli, loud noises and fighting to establish social rank result in increased susceptibility and lowered acquired resistance to various parasites (Davis & Clark Read, 1958;Robinson, 1961;Noble, 1961Noble, , 1962Noble, , 1966. This lends support to Clark Read's hypothesis, as does the fact that the injection of cortisone, and to a lesser extent that of corticotrophin (ACTH), also increases susceptibility and reduces acquired resistance of hosts to a wide range of parasites (Cavallero & Sala, 1951 ;Stoner & Godwin, 1953;Weinstein, 1955;Coker, 1956c;Nelson, 1962). In many cases the effect of cortisone was sufficient to render species or strains of host, that were normally resistant, susceptible to a parasite (Ritterson, 1959;Briggs, 1959;Bezubik, 1960;Cross, 1960;Parker, 1961;Oliver, 1962).…”