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A spurious parasite, according to Maruice C. Hall (1), is anything which is not a true parasite, at least in the host in which it is found. For example intestinal parasite ova of chickens can often be demonstrated in the feces of farm dogs who have been eating entrails of infested birds.

Doctor Carlos T. Rosenbusch presented as his thesis for the degree Doctor of Philosophy, which he obtained at the December graduation, "Some Studies on Swine Influenza" with particular reference to a comparative study of Hemophilus influenzae suis and Hemophilus influenzae and the antibody response to experiment swine influenza. The work was done at the Rockefeller Institute at Princeton, New Jersey, under the supervision of Dr. Richard E. Shope who has gained worldwide recognition for his studies on swine influenza.

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