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CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CRIT — hematoCRIT
COPD — non-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD — Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
PRN — ''pro re nata'' (Latin, "for the emergency", "as needed")
CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
DM — Diabetes mellitus
ECG — Electrocardiogram
CP — Conscious Proprioception
DMOAD — Disease-Modifying Osteoarthritis Drug
ACTH — Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
ACL — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ligament often torn in knee injuries)
BAL — Bronchoalveolar Lavage
MBC — Minimal Bactericidal Concentration
DIC — disseminated intravascular coagulation
AIHA — Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
E.COLI — Escherichia coli
R X — recipe
IV — Intravenous
JAAHA — Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
BAER — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response
BPM — Beats Per Minute
RAST — Radioallergosorbent Test (immunoassay)
UTI — Urinary Tract Infection
WHO — World Health Organization
QV — Quantum Vis
APTT — activated partial thromboplastin
CVP — Central Venous Pressure
RBC — Red Blood Cell
GALT — Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
GI — Gastrointestinal
CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
IM — Intramuscular
RA — Rheumatoid Arthritis
BHC — Benzene Hexachloride
CBC — Complete Blood Count
QOL — Quality of Life
CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
CNS — Central Nervous System
BX — Biopsy
MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
TB — Tuberculosis
CPK — Creatinine Phosphokinase
Q — Quaque (Latin: each, every; used in medical prescriptions)
MCV — Mean Corpuscular Volume
EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
HCG — Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

BRT — Brucella milk ring test
DX — Diagnosis
DJD — Degenerative Joint Disease
MTD — Maximum Tolerated Dose (that does not produce unacceptable toxicity)
DM — dry mass
DI — Diabetes Insipidus
FX — Fracture
BP — Blood Pressure
AIPE — Asphyxia-Induced Pulmonary Edema
DVM — Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
BUN — Blood Urea Nitrogen
RER — Resting Energing Requirement
BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
SIRS — Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
POST — Posterior
DIP — Distal Interphalangeal Predominant
GH — Growth Hormone
ECF — Extracellular Fluid
RMSF — Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
HPF — High-Power Field
BPDME — Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy
AVMA — American Veterinary Medical Association
IVP — Intravenous Pyelogram
ALD — Approximate Lethal Dose
AAEP — American Association of Equine Practitioners
DTM — Dermatophyte Test Medium
TNTC — Too Numerous To Count
EMG — Electromyogram
SSRI — Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
SX — Surgery
EM — Electron Microscopy
TNF — Tumor Necrosis Factor
WMT — Wisconsin Mastitis Test
SGPT — Serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
DV — Dorsal-ventral
CRTZ — Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone
DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
CT — Computerised Axial Tomography
FA — Fatty Acid
ACD — Acid-Citrate-Dextrose
OR — Operating Room
POVMR — Problem-Oriented Veterinary Medical Record
TPN — Total Parenteral Nutrition
ALP — Alkaline Phosphatase
IFA — Indirect Fluorescent Antibody
BMD — Bone Mineral Density
CPD — Citrate-Phosphate-Dextrose
APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
AG — Antigen

EF — Ejection Fraction
EBV — Epstein-Barr virus
FIV — Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
HCT — Hematocrit
CN10 — Vagus nerve
SUBCUT — Subcutaneous
FDA — Food Drug Administration
EDS — Egg Drop Syndrome
IBH — Inclusion Body Hepatitis
GRAS — Generally Regarded As Safe (FDA List)
MAOI — Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor
OS — Oculus Sinister
TGE — Transmissible Gastroenteritis
PTH — Parathyroid Hormone
PPLO — Pleuropneumonia-like Organism
NDF — Neutral Detergent Fiber
MALT — Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
MHV — Mouse Hepatitis Virus
AASP — American Association of Swine Practitioners
PG — Prostaglandin
NMS — Neonatal Maladjustment Syndrome
BRSV — Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus
SDF — Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter thumps
NADH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
LPS — Legionella pneumophila lipopolysaccharide
CCHF — Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
EIA — Enzyme ImmunoAssay
NRBC — Nucleated Red Blood Cell
EEG — Electro-EncephaloGram
AAHA — American Animal Hospital Association
EPO — Erythropoietin
AV — Arteriovenous
AAAP — American Association of Avian Pathologists
FVRCP — Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus, Panleukopenia
PT — Prothrombin Time
PSS — Porcine Stress Syndrome
TLC — Tender Love and Care
SDA — Sialodacryoadenitis
REV — Reticuloendotheliosis Virus
QOD — Every Other Day
CL — Corpus Luteum
EEE — Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis
QNS — Quantity Not Sufficient
VT — Veterinary Technician
LD — Lethal Dose
CMT — California Mastitis Test
PCV — packed cell volume (of blood)
RTF — Resistance Transfer Factor
H&E — Hematoxylin and Eosin (stain)
ELISA — enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

HB — Hemoglobin
ABPE — Acute Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema and Edema
AGID — Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
EPI — Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
ANT — Anterior
CF — Complement Fixation
SARA — Subacute Ruminal Acidosis
VFA — Volatile Fatty Acid
MA — Milliampere
ICH — Infectious Canine Hepatitis
NRC — National Response Center
LE — Lupus Erythematosus
NAVLE — North American Veterinary Licensing Examination
APUD — Amine precursor uptake decarboxylase
MRNA — Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
ATP — Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
IP — Intraperitoneal
VN — Virus Neutralization
FORL — Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion
NSAID — Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug
GFR — Glomerular Filtration Rate
BLV — Bovine Leukemia Virus
APR — Acute Phase Response
IG — Immune Globulin
CSM — Cottonseed Meal
AABP — American Association of Bovine Practitioners
CAV — Canine Adenovirus
AMB — Amphotericin B
CLA — Caseous Lymphadenitis
FNA — Fine-Needle Aspiration
PE — Physical Examination
CRD — Chronic Respiratory Disease
USP — United States Pharmacopeia
CAT SCAN — Computerized axial tomography
AFIP — Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
CPD-A — Citrate-phosphate-dextrose-adenine
MCP — Metacarpophalangeal
NPO — Nothing By Mouth
PR — Per Rectum
LH — Luteinizing Hormone
AUC — Area under the Curve (statistics)
PLH — Pharyngeal Lymphoid Hyperplasia
MMA — Mastitis-Metritis-Agalactia Complex
IDDM — insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
AASRP — American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
SGOT — Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase
IFN — Interferon
PPN — Partial Parenteral Nutrition
MH — Malignant Hyperthermia

CRD — Chronic Renal Disease
BRS — Brown Recluse Spider
WB — Western Blot
HMP — Hexose Monophosphate Shunt
OD — Oculus Dexter
HUS — Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
TCP — Tropical Canine Pancytopenia
LVT — Licensed Veterinary Technician
VS — Vesicular Stomatitis
SCUD — Septicemic Cutaneous Ulcerative Disease
LA — Large Animal
DMNA — Dimethylnitrosamine
ADF — Amsterdam density functional
WMD — White Muscle Disease
PTS — put to sleep
FFA — Free Fatty Acids
R — Roentgen
MOET — Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer
NPN — Nonprotein Nitrogen
DEC — Diethylcarbamazine
PKD — Proliferative Kidney Disease
AD — Lib Ad Libitum
TT — Tetanus Toxoid
PMN — polymorphonuclear (leukocytes)
GABA — gamma-aminobutyric acid
VHD — Viral Hemorrhagic Disease
OP — Organophosphate
ME — Metabolizable Energy
ND — Newcastle Disease
SBE — Sporadic Bovine Encephalomyelitis
TID — ter in die (three times daily)
ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
PG — Proteoglycan
IC — Intracardiac
MIC — Minimal Inhibitory Concentration
LMN — Lower Motor Neuron
HD — Hip Dysplasia
ICF — Intracellular Fluid
SIV — Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
PBB — Polybrominated Biphenyl
RES — Reticuloendothelial System
CDC — Centers for Disease Control
TT — Thrombin Time
WBC — White blood cells
PO — [Latin] Per os, orally
QID — Quater In Die
CVT — Certified Veterinary Technician
ADP — Adenosine Diphosphate (RN 58-64-0)
PIE SYNDROME — Pulmonary infiltration with eosinophilia
IBR — Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis

DMSO — Dimethyl Sulfoxide
FOCMA — Feline Oncornavirus-Associated Cell Membrane Antigen
MSD — Marble Spleen Disease
LPE — Lymphocytic-Plasmacytic Enteritis
IHA — Indirect hemagglutination
EHD — Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
IVSA — International Veterinary Students’ Association
ANA — Antinuclear Antibodies
SHS — Swollen Head Syndrome
ARD — Antibiotic-responsive diarrhea
JAVMA — Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
MHD — Mulberry Heart Disease
AB — Antibody
AP — Anterior-posterior
TAT — Tetanus Antitoxin
UMN — Upper Motor Neuron
MCV — Mean Cell Volume
IAADP — International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
KVP — Kilovolt Peak
ABVP — American Board of Veterinary Practitioners
DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. Department of Justice)
PSE — pale, soft exudative pork
MSH — melanocyte-stimulating hormone
TSH — thyroid stimulating hormone
CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
FUD — Fever of undetremined origin
CN1 — Cranial Nerve 1
HYPP — Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
ECP — Estradiol Cypionate
CEM — Contagious Equine Metritis
EIA — 1equine infectious anemia
GOT — Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase
EDDI — Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide
INH — Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis
QL — Quantum Libet
NMD — Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy
AAFCO — American Association of Feed Control Officials
ECG — Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin
FRV — Feline Rhinotracheitis Virus
SFT — Society for Theriogenology
CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
G6PD — Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
SA — Sinoatrial
RTA — Right Torsion of the Abomasum
DES — diethyl sulphate
FIA — Feline Infectious Anemia
HGE — Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis
TMJ — TemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
WVA — World Veterinary Association
SF — Spayed Female

APPO — Assistance Program for Pet Owners
MCT — Mast Cell Tumor
GME — Granulomatous Meningoencephalomyelitis
AD — Aleutian Disease
CN12 — Hypoglossal nerve
NMB — New Methylene Blue
IVD — Intervertebral Disc Disease
CCMS — Clean catch, midstream
REM — Rapid Eye Movement
RSAT — Rapid Slide Agglutination Test
RDA — Right displacement of the abomasum
ACE — Arthritis Control Electrostimulator
OA — Osteo-Arthritis
AI — Association Index
HOD — Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy
BVD(V) — Bovine viral diarrhea (virus)
PED — Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea
SVD — Swine Vesicular Disease
DHV — Duck Hepatitis Virus
KCS — Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
IBR — Inclusion Body Rhinitis
GES — Group E streptococcus
AC — ante cibum (before food)
CPRA — Central Progressive Retinal Atrophy
OID — Ovine Interdigital Dermatitis
BIV — bovine immunodeficiency-like virus
AV — Average
DHLP-P — Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus
VMD — Veterinary Medical Doctor
NADPH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Hydrogen
CAR — Congenital Articular Rigidity
PABA — Para-Aminobenzoic Acid
UAP — Ununited Anconeal Process
NAF — No Abnormal Findings
MCHC — Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (occupational Exposure)
SIBO — Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
FSV — Feline Sarcoma Virus
PBFD — Psittacine beak and feather disease
DLE — Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
HEV — Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis Virus
CN7 — Facial nerve
DHIA — National Dairy Herd Improvement Association
AAAP — Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
HS — Hemorrhagic Septicemia
TME — Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy
MAC — Minimal Antibiotic Concentration
FCP — Fragmented Coronoid Process
EDP — Edema Disease Principle
AZT — azidothymidine
EIAV — equine infectious anemia virus

DOCA — Desoxycorticosterone Acetate
CN4 — Trochlear nerve
EPG — Eggs per Gram
CPV — Canine Parvovirus
TLI — trypsin-like immunoreactivity
UMHE — Ununited Medial Humeral Epicondyle
PSS — Physiologic Saline Solution
SLE — Systemic Lupus Erythematous
ARP — American Registry of Pathology
BFR — Benign Foot Rot
INF — Inferior
PAD — Pododermatitis Aseptica Diffusa
CRWAD — Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease
AVECCT — Academy of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Technicians
CF — Chronicity factor
BT — Bluetongue
SDH — Sorbitol Dehydrogenase
PLT — Platelet
CT — Computer Tomography
HPA — Hypophyseal-Pituitary Axis
CCV — Canine Coronavirus
FIP — Feline Infectious Peritonitis
CTC — Chlortetracycline
FLUTD — Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease
IBD — Inflammatory Bowel Disease
QS — Quantum Sufficiat
BHV — Bovine Herpesvirus
PC — post cibum (after food)
SG — Specific Gravity
PEDV — Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus
RANA — Registered Animal Nursing Auxiliary
ACT — American College of Theriogenologists
HCH — Halogenated Cyclic Hydrocarbons
IN — intranasal
IPV — Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis
ACT — Activated coagulation time
PPR — Peste des petits ruminants
SIV — Swine Influenza Virus
ALT — argon laser trabececuloplasty
HSL — Hypertonic Saline
AHV-1 — Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1
MEC — Minimal Effective Plasma Concentration
FRV — feline rotavirus
BID — bis in die
ASF — African Swine Fever
PX — Physical Examination
AST — Aspartate Transaminase
CAV — Chick Anemia Virus
SI — safety index
SC — Subcutaneous

CN3 — Occulomotor nerve
FDP — Serum-fibrin degradation products
AHT — Animal Health Technician
VES(V) — Vesicular exanthema of swine (virus)
BW — Body Weight
AEMV — American Exotic Mammal Veterinarians
IBD — Infectious Bursal Disease
BER — Basal Energy Requirement
KTZ — Keratonazole
HD — Hepatosis Dietetica
IACUC — Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
EBA — Epizootic Bovine Abortion
TBF — Tick-Borne Fever
T4 — Thyroxine
PHS — Pulmonary Hypertension Syndrome
VVND — Viscerotropic velogenic Newcastle disease
GDU — Gastroduodenal Ulceration
T3 — Triiodothyronine
PRDC — Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex
BD — Border Disease
VFD — Veterinary Feed Directive
CN5 — Trigeminal nerve
GN-RH — Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
DFA — Diffuse Fibrosing Alveolitis
EHV — Equine herpesvirus
VFR — Virulent Foot Rot
MCH — Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin
FHD — Feline Heartworm Disease
DM — Deciduous molar
FA — Flourescent antibody
PSGAG — Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan
PMSG — Pregnant mare serum gonadotropin
EE — Equine encephalomyelitis
BCG — Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
ODE — Old-Dog Encephalitis
HACCP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
CAE(V) — Caprine arthritis and encephalitis (virus)
MCT — Market Cattle Testing
SPF — Specific Pathogen Free
GVH — Goose Viral Hepatitis
CN2 — Optic nerve
RVF — Right Ventricular Failure
CA — Contagious agalactia
GHRH — Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
FHV — Feline Herpesvirus
GPT — Glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
CN8 — Vestibulocochlear nerve
FUS — Feline Urological Syndrome
HHM — Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
CHV — Canine Herpesvirus

PNU — Protein nitrogen units
PNS — Peripheral Nervous Systems
LCM — Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
MLV — Modified Live Virus
BAL — Dimercaprol
UMCP — Ununited Medial Coronoid Process
FCV — Feline Calicivirus
EPM — Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
ARPAS — American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
RVVT — Russell's Viper Venom Time
CM — Castrated male
MAP — Mouse Antibody Production
TEME — Thromboembolic Meningoencephalitis
SAIDS — Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
UD — Ulcerative Dermatosis
HA — hemagglutinine
BSP — Bromsulfophthalein
WEE — Western equine encephalomyelitis virus
MHA — Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia
SAP — Serum Alkaline Phosphatase
GDV — Gastric dilitation-volvulus
PULV — Pulverized, powder
VEN — Viral Erythrocytic Necrosis
SMZ — Sulfamethazine
NBEC — National Board Examination Committee for Veterinary Medicine
HPG — Haemophilus paragallinarum
LRS — Lactated Ringer's Solution
CEAH — Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health
PEM — Polioencephalomalacia
FARAD — Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
ID — Intradermal
ELF — Enzyme-Labeled Fluorescence
SI — Superior-inferior
UIP — Undegraded Intake Protein
AHS — African Horse Sickness
EP — Enzootic Pneumonia
SLS — Streptococcal Lymphadenitis
DSS — Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
ASPCA — American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
NCPPSP — National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy
MTC — Maximum Tolerated Plasma Concentration
KBH — Kicked By Horse
SAMS — Sow Abortion and Mortality Syndrome
ILUTD — Idiopathic Lower Urinary Tract Disease
RVF — Rift Valley Fever
VWF — von Willebrand's factor
VWD — Vomiting and Wasting Disease
DOCP — Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate
VD — Ventral-dorsal
SUP — Superior Industries International, Inc.

HBC — Hit By Car
AV — Atriventricular
LDA — Left displacement of abomasum
SUP — Superior
MTD — Median Toxic Dose
FMD — Foot-and-mouth disease
IC — Infectious coryza
TRH — thyrotropin-releasing hormone
DHIR — Dairy Herd Improvement Registry
OFA — Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
MNTD — Maximum Nontoxic Dose
FAD — Flea Allergy Dermatitis
FHV — Flock House Virus
SMSV — San Miguel Sea Lion Virus
CN11 — Accessory nerve
TOX — Toxoplasma
MRCVS — Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
TGC — Tender Gentle Care
ED — Elbow dysplasia
TDN — Total Digestable Nutrients
MED — Median effective dose
NAVTA — North American Veterinary Technician Association
BRD — Bovine Respiratory Disease
TRTVS — Turkey Rhinotracheitis Viruses
NECL — Nonepitheliotropic Cutaneous Lymphosarcomas
TTW — Transtracheal Washes or Washing
ARD — Acute Renal Disease
EMC — encephalomyocarditis virus
NASPHV — National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians
PRRS — Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
EIPH — Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage
IDST — Intradermal skin testing
PAF — platelet activating factor
PRV — Pseudorabies Virus
CRG — Controlled-release glasses
CN9 — Glossopharyngeal nerve
IPN — Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis
P-A — Posterior-anterior
IGR — Insect growth regulators
FEBB — Feline Bordetella bronchiseptica
PF — Platelet Factor
CN6 — Abducens nerve
OCD — Osteochrondritis Dissecans
MOSM — Milliosmol
FECV — Feline Enteric Coronavirus
FELV — Feline Leukemia Virus
TMS — Trace mineral salt
LPF — Low-power field
MG — Monoglycerides
HI — Hemagglutination-inhibition

EFA — low-essential fatty acids
SUB-Q — Subcutaneous
SPD — Salmon Poisoning Disease
RV — Rabies vaccine
PRA — Progressive Retinal Atrophy
NFM — Northern Fowl Mite
PI-3 — Parainfluenza-3 Virus
VEE — Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
FMDV — foot-and-mouth disease viruses
MI — 3-methylindole
NCV — Noncholera Vibrio
INF — Infection
MCF — Malignant Catarrhal Fever
PTHRP — PTH-related proteins
WVPA — World Veterinary Poultry Association
SA — Small Animal
NAHMS — National Animal Health Monitoring Systems
FELLC — Feline lymphosarcoma-leukemia complex
ISOM) — Immunostimulating complex
SP — Species plural

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