| AAEP |
American Association of
Equine Practitioners |
| AAVLD |
American Association of
Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians |
| AASRP |
American Association of
Small Ruminant Practitioners |
| AAVMC |
Association of American
Veterinary Medical Colleges |
|
AHC |
American Horse Council |
| AI |
Avian Influenza |
| AIN |
Animal Identification
Number |
| AMS |
Agricultural Marketing
Service |
| APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service |
| ARS |
Agricultural Research
Service |
| ASI |
American Sheep Industry
Association |
| AVIC |
Area Veterinarian In
Charge |
|
AVMA |
American Veterinary
Medical Association |
| BSE |
Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy |
| BSL-3 |
Biosafety Level 3 |
| BSL-4 |
Biosafety Level 4 |
| BVD |
Bovine Viral Diarrhea |
| CEM |
Contagious Equine
Metritis |
| CFR |
Code of Federal
Regulations |
| CNS |
Central Nervous System |
| CSF |
Classical Swine Fever |
| CSREES |
Cooperative State
Research, Education and Extension Service, USDA |
| CVB |
Center for Veterinary
Biologics |
| CVI |
Certificates of
Veterinary Inspection |
| CWD |
Chronic Wasting Disease |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland
Security |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| D. R. |
Dominican Republic |
| EIA |
Equine Infectious
Anemia |
| ELISA |
Enzyme-Linked
Immunosorbent Assay |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection
Agency |
| EU |
European Union |
| EVA |
Equine Viral Arteritis |
| FAD |
Foreign Animal Disease |
| FARAD |
Food Animal Residue
Avoidance Databank |
| FDA-CVM |
Food and Drug
Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine |
| FFA |
Future Farmers of
America |
| FMD |
Foot-and-Mouth Disease |
| FOIA |
Freedom of Information
Act |
| GIVE |
Global Initiatives in
Veterinary Education |
| GYA |
Greater Yellowstone
Area |
| GYIBC |
Greater Yellowstone
Interagency Brucellosis Committee |
| HHS |
Health and Human Services |
| HPAI |
Highly Pathogenic Avian
Influenza |
| ID |
Identification |
| ISO |
International
Organization for Standardization |
| LCI |
Livestock Conservation
Institute |
| LPAI |
Low Pathogenicity Avian
Influenza |
| MUMS |
Minor Use/Minor Species |
| NADC |
National Animal Disease
Center |
| NAHEMS |
National Animal Health
Emergency Management Systems |
| NAHLN |
National Animal Health
Laboratory Network |
| NAHMS |
National Animal Health
Monitoring System |
| NAHRS |
National Animal Health
Reporting System |
| NAIS |
National Animal
Identification System |
| NASDA |
National Association of
State Departments of Agriculture |
| NCAH |
National Centers for
Animal Health |
| NCVEI |
National Commission on
Veterinary Economic Issues |
| NIAA |
National Institute for
Animal Agriculture |
| NIMS |
National Incident
Management System |
| NOP |
National Organic
Program |
| NPB |
National Pork Board |
| NPPC |
National Pork Producers
Council |
| NVSL |
National Veterinary
Services Laboratory |
| OFAER |
On-Farm Assessments &
Environmental Reviews |
| OIE |
World Organization for
Animal Health |
| PRRS |
Porcine Respiratory and
Reproductive Syndrome |
| PRV |
Pseudorabies Virus |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| RFID |
Radio Frequency
Identification |
| SARS |
Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome |
| SRM |
Specified Risk
Materials |
| TB |
Tuberculosis |
| TSE |
Transmissible
Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| UDE |
University of Delaware |
| UM&R |
Uniform Methods and
Rules |
| USAHA |
United States Animal
Health Association |
| USAIP |
United States Animal
Identification Plan |
| USDA |
United States
Department of Agriculture |
| VMO |
Veterinary Medical
Officer |
| VS |
Veterinary Services |
| VSFCP |
Voluntary Scrapie Flock
Certification Program |
| VWEA |
Veterinary Workforce
Expansion Act |
