adoptive transfer of protection from inducted donorrnacanthus !!l? rats to uninstructed recipients was attemptedrnby va~yj.ng some parameters such as the inf8ction period ofrndonor rats and the time of transfer relative to challenge.rnConcurrent investigation on the effect of.': 11ctorologousrninfection and fractionation of cells "idS also carried out.rnIt ",as found that cells from 2 month .. ;.nf8ctcd donors hadrnhigh ability to transfer resistance to recipient rats )rnwhile cells f"om 1. 75 and 3 month-infected donors shO.,edrnpartial abi Ii ty and those from 2.5 mont11",infected donorsrnsho"led an unexpected inhibitory effect on transferrnrecipients. Transfers done close to challengu day conferrnalmost complete immunity to recipient rCl"ts, ,:,.~, ..rn'"rnHeterologous cestode infection in these rc:ts appear tornplaya secondary role in protecting against Eo !~ansonirninfections, ,.,hile it ",as also found that unfrilctionated cellsrnhave more ability to transfer resistance thul1 fractionatedrncells.rnPossible immunological mechanisms involvGd during thesernevents ~nd the practical significance of the work arernbriefly discussed.