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CRIT — hematoCRIT
CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
COPD — non-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD — Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
DM — Diabetes mellitus
ECG — Electrocardiogram
PRN — ''pro re nata'' (Latin, "for the emergency", "as needed")
CP — Conscious Proprioception
ACTH — Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
DMOAD — Disease-Modifying Osteoarthritis Drug
ACL — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ligament often torn in knee injuries)
MBC — Minimal Bactericidal Concentration
AIHA — Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
DIC — disseminated intravascular coagulation
ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
BAL — Bronchoalveolar Lavage
IV — Intravenous
BAER — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response
AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
QV — Quantum Vis
UTI — Urinary Tract Infection
RAST — Radioallergosorbent Test (immunoassay)
WHO — World Health Organization
APTT — activated partial thromboplastin
IM — Intramuscular
RBC — Red Blood Cell
BHC — Benzene Hexachloride
CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
GALT — Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
QOL — Quality of Life
GI — Gastrointestinal
CVP — Central Venous Pressure
CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
RA — Rheumatoid Arthritis
BX — Biopsy
CNS — Central Nervous System
BPM — Beats Per Minute
CPK — Creatinine Phosphokinase
TB — Tuberculosis
HCG — Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
MCV — Mean Corpuscular Volume
DM — dry mass
DI — Diabetes Insipidus
AIPE — Asphyxia-Induced Pulmonary Edema
PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
MTD — Maximum Tolerated Dose (that does not produce unacceptable toxicity)
CBC — Complete Blood Count
BRT — Brucella milk ring test
POST — Posterior

BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
RMSF — Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
DX — Diagnosis
BPDME — Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy
GH — Growth Hormone
FX — Fracture
BP — Blood Pressure
SIRS — Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
DIP — Distal Interphalangeal Predominant
EM — Electron Microscopy
ECF — Extracellular Fluid
IVP — Intravenous Pyelogram
DV — Dorsal-ventral
E.COLI — Escherichia coli
DTM — Dermatophyte Test Medium
BUN — Blood Urea Nitrogen
FA — Fatty Acid
OR — Operating Room
AVMA — American Veterinary Medical Association
EMG — Electromyogram
EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
CRTZ — Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone
TNF — Tumor Necrosis Factor
DVM — Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
ALD — Approximate Lethal Dose
ACD — Acid-Citrate-Dextrose
SGPT — Serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
AAEP — American Association of Equine Practitioners
CT — Computerised Axial Tomography
DJD — Degenerative Joint Disease
HPF — High-Power Field
SSRI — Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
CN10 — Vagus nerve
CPD — Citrate-Phosphate-Dextrose
FIV — Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
SUBCUT — Subcutaneous
WMT — Wisconsin Mastitis Test
TPN — Total Parenteral Nutrition
BMD — Bone Mineral Density
TNTC — Too Numerous To Count
DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
IFA — Indirect Fluorescent Antibody
ALP — Alkaline Phosphatase
EBV — Epstein-Barr virus
EF — Ejection Fraction
AG — Antigen
HCT — Hematocrit
APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Q — Quaque (Latin: each, every; used in medical prescriptions)

EDS — Egg Drop Syndrome
R X — recipe
SX — Surgery
PG — Prostaglandin
CCHF — Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
NMS — Neonatal Maladjustment Syndrome
IBH — Inclusion Body Hepatitis
POVMR — Problem-Oriented Veterinary Medical Record
JAAHA — Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
MALT — Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
PTH — Parathyroid Hormone
EPO — Erythropoietin
EIA — Enzyme ImmunoAssay
MAOI — Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor
BRSV — Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus
MHV — Mouse Hepatitis Virus
AAAP — American Association of Avian Pathologists
AV — Arteriovenous
CL — Corpus Luteum
NADH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
PT — Prothrombin Time
AAHA — American Animal Hospital Association
NDF — Neutral Detergent Fiber
TGE — Transmissible Gastroenteritis
LPS — Legionella pneumophila lipopolysaccharide
NRBC — Nucleated Red Blood Cell
FVRCP — Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus, Panleukopenia
AASP — American Association of Swine Practitioners
REV — Reticuloendotheliosis Virus
PPLO — Pleuropneumonia-like Organism
QNS — Quantity Not Sufficient
QOD — Every Other Day
TLC — Tender Love and Care
ICH — Infectious Canine Hepatitis
OS — Oculus Sinister
SDA — Sialodacryoadenitis
PSS — Porcine Stress Syndrome
HB — Hemoglobin
GRAS — Generally Regarded As Safe (FDA List)
LE — Lupus Erythematosus
AGID — Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
EEE — Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis
FDA — Food Drug Administration
SARA — Subacute Ruminal Acidosis
SDF — Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter thumps
LD — Lethal Dose
VT — Veterinary Technician
RER — Resting Energing Requirement
ABPE — Acute Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema and Edema

PCV — packed cell volume (of blood)
ANT — Anterior
RTF — Resistance Transfer Factor
VFA — Volatile Fatty Acid
CF — Complement Fixation
EPI — Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
ELISA — enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
VN — Virus Neutralization
GFR — Glomerular Filtration Rate
MA — Milliampere
H&E — Hematoxylin and Eosin (stain)
IP — Intraperitoneal
AMB — Amphotericin B
MRNA — Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
ATP — Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
CMT — California Mastitis Test
CAV — Canine Adenovirus
APUD — Amine precursor uptake decarboxylase
IG — Immune Globulin
USP — United States Pharmacopeia
FORL — Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion
PE — Physical Examination
BLV — Bovine Leukemia Virus
NRC — National Response Center
CAT SCAN — Computerized axial tomography
FNA — Fine-Needle Aspiration
EEG — Electro-EncephaloGram
MH — Malignant Hyperthermia
AFIP — Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
MCP — Metacarpophalangeal
CRD — Chronic Respiratory Disease
CPD-A — Citrate-phosphate-dextrose-adenine
LH — Luteinizing Hormone
LA — Large Animal
CLA — Caseous Lymphadenitis
NSAID — Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug
BRS — Brown Recluse Spider
IFN — Interferon
HMP — Hexose Monophosphate Shunt
WMD — White Muscle Disease
CRD — Chronic Renal Disease
WB — Western Blot
IDDM — insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
VS — Vesicular Stomatitis
AABP — American Association of Bovine Practitioners
DMNA — Dimethylnitrosamine
PR — Per Rectum
DEC — Diethylcarbamazine
NPO — Nothing By Mouth
PTS — put to sleep

TT — Tetanus Toxoid
MMA — Mastitis-Metritis-Agalactia Complex
NPN — Nonprotein Nitrogen
APR — Acute Phase Response
R — Roentgen
IC — Intracardiac
NAVLE — North American Veterinary Licensing Examination
LVT — Licensed Veterinary Technician
AD — Lib Ad Libitum
MIC — Minimal Inhibitory Concentration
ICF — Intracellular Fluid
TCP — Tropical Canine Pancytopenia
VHD — Viral Hemorrhagic Disease
PG — Proteoglycan
ME — Metabolizable Energy
CSM — Cottonseed Meal
OD — Oculus Dexter
OP — Organophosphate
SCUD — Septicemic Cutaneous Ulcerative Disease
PPN — Partial Parenteral Nutrition
HD — Hip Dysplasia
PKD — Proliferative Kidney Disease
ND — Newcastle Disease
CVT — Certified Veterinary Technician
FFA — Free Fatty Acids
LPE — Lymphocytic-Plasmacytic Enteritis
ARD — Antibiotic-responsive diarrhea
HUS — Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
EHD — Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
QID — Quater In Die
LMN — Lower Motor Neuron
IAADP — International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
MOET — Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer
IHA — Indirect hemagglutination
PMN — polymorphonuclear (leukocytes)
ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
TT — Thrombin Time
AASRP — American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
TAT — Tetanus Antitoxin
MSD — Marble Spleen Disease
SIV — Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
EDDI — Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide
SHS — Swollen Head Syndrome
NMD — Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy
ANA — Antinuclear Antibodies
ECG — Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin
SBE — Sporadic Bovine Encephalomyelitis
HGE — Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis
IBR — Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis
FUD — Fever of undetremined origin

PIE SYNDROME — Pulmonary infiltration with eosinophilia
EIA — 1equine infectious anemia
RES — Reticuloendothelial System
RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
INH — Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis
JAVMA — Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
CN1 — Cranial Nerve 1
AUC — Area under the Curve (statistics)
DMSO — Dimethyl Sulfoxide
ADF — Amsterdam density functional
G6PD — Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
ABVP — American Board of Veterinary Practitioners
ECP — Estradiol Cypionate
FRV — Feline Rhinotracheitis Virus
MSH — melanocyte-stimulating hormone
SFT — Society for Theriogenology
SF — Spayed Female
ADP — Adenosine Diphosphate (RN 58-64-0)
SA — Sinoatrial
MHD — Mulberry Heart Disease
AD — Aleutian Disease
NMB — New Methylene Blue
PBB — Polybrominated Biphenyl
HYPP — Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
FOCMA — Feline Oncornavirus-Associated Cell Membrane Antigen
TID — ter in die (three times daily)
AP — Anterior-posterior
FIA — Feline Infectious Anemia
BIV — bovine immunodeficiency-like virus
CN12 — Hypoglossal nerve
GABA — gamma-aminobutyric acid
RTA — Right Torsion of the Abomasum
MCT — Mast Cell Tumor
CDC — Centers for Disease Control
AAFCO — American Association of Feed Control Officials
PO — [Latin] Per os, orally
GME — Granulomatous Meningoencephalomyelitis
MCV — Mean Cell Volume
BVD(V) — Bovine viral diarrhea (virus)
AB — Antibody
PED — Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea
CCMS — Clean catch, midstream
OID — Ovine Interdigital Dermatitis
SGOT — Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase
ACE — Arthritis Control Electrostimulator
DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. Department of Justice)
DES — diethyl sulphate
IVD — Intervertebral Disc Disease
APPO — Assistance Program for Pet Owners

KVP — Kilovolt Peak
CAR — Congenital Articular Rigidity
PSE — pale, soft exudative pork
DHLP-P — Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus
CEM — Contagious Equine Metritis
FSV — Feline Sarcoma Virus
AV — Average
RSAT — Rapid Slide Agglutination Test
WBC — White blood cells
HEV — Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis Virus
DLE — Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
VMD — Veterinary Medical Doctor
CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
NAF — No Abnormal Findings
IBR — Inclusion Body Rhinitis
AZT — azidothymidine
TSH — thyroid stimulating hormone
SVD — Swine Vesicular Disease
HS — Hemorrhagic Septicemia
AC — ante cibum (before food)
KCS — Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
FCP — Fragmented Coronoid Process
CN4 — Trochlear nerve
EDP — Edema Disease Principle
PSS — Physiologic Saline Solution
BT — Bluetongue
GOT — Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase
UAP — Ununited Anconeal Process
TMJ — TemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
SIBO — Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
IVSA — International Veterinary Students’ Association
MAC — Minimal Antibiotic Concentration
PLH — Pharyngeal Lymphoid Hyperplasia
CCV — Canine Coronavirus
CPV — Canine Parvovirus
CN7 — Facial nerve
CF — Chronicity factor
BFR — Benign Foot Rot
AAAP — Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
MCHC — Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (occupational Exposure)
GES — Group E streptococcus
UMHE — Ununited Medial Humeral Epicondyle
EIAV — equine infectious anemia virus
AI — Association Index
RANA — Registered Animal Nursing Auxiliary
HOD — Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy
CT — Computer Tomography
DOCA — Desoxycorticosterone Acetate
PAD — Pododermatitis Aseptica Diffusa
CPRA — Central Progressive Retinal Atrophy

PABA — Para-Aminobenzoic Acid
CRWAD — Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease
DHIA — National Dairy Herd Improvement Association
SDH — Sorbitol Dehydrogenase
OA — Osteo-Arthritis
HPA — Hypophyseal-Pituitary Axis
UMN — Upper Motor Neuron
SIV — Swine Influenza Virus
ACT — American College of Theriogenologists
REM — Rapid Eye Movement
PBFD — Psittacine beak and feather disease
CTC — Chlortetracycline
NADPH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Hydrogen
INF — Inferior
BHV — Bovine Herpesvirus
SLE — Systemic Lupus Erythematous
TME — Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy
ARP — American Registry of Pathology
ALT — argon laser trabececuloplasty
ACT — Activated coagulation time
FIP — Feline Infectious Peritonitis
WVA — World Veterinary Association
DHV — Duck Hepatitis Virus
CN3 — Occulomotor nerve
DFA — Diffuse Fibrosing Alveolitis
FRV — feline rotavirus
CAV — Chick Anemia Virus
AEMV — American Exotic Mammal Veterinarians
PPR — Peste des petits ruminants
VFD — Veterinary Feed Directive
QL — Quantum Libet
BER — Basal Energy Requirement
FDP — Serum-fibrin degradation products
HD — Hepatosis Dietetica
MCT — Market Cattle Testing
AHV-1 — Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1
IBD — Infectious Bursal Disease
PSGAG — Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan
CN5 — Trigeminal nerve
IPV — Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis
QS — Quantum Sufficiat
BCG — Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
GDU — Gastroduodenal Ulceration
IACUC — Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
EHV — Equine herpesvirus
TBF — Tick-Borne Fever
AST — Aspartate Transaminase
FA — Flourescent antibody
SI — safety index
SC — Subcutaneous

EBA — Epizootic Bovine Abortion
TLI — trypsin-like immunoreactivity
ODE — Old-Dog Encephalitis
FLUTD — Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease
HSL — Hypertonic Saline
MEC — Minimal Effective Plasma Concentration
EPG — Eggs per Gram
IN — intranasal
AHT — Animal Health Technician
VFR — Virulent Foot Rot
PLT — Platelet
BD — Border Disease
PC — post cibum (after food)
DM — Deciduous molar
SG — Specific Gravity
GHRH — Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
AVECCT — Academy of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Technicians
CM — Castrated male
MCH — Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin
PX — Physical Examination
IBD — Inflammatory Bowel Disease
FHV — Feline Herpesvirus
RDA — Right displacement of the abomasum
BID — bis in die
FCV — Feline Calicivirus
ASF — African Swine Fever
CN2 — Optic nerve
BW — Body Weight
CA — Contagious agalactia
RVF — Right Ventricular Failure
UMCP — Ununited Medial Coronoid Process
T4 — Thyroxine
MLV — Modified Live Virus
MAP — Mouse Antibody Production
SMZ — Sulfamethazine
PEDV — Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus
PMSG — Pregnant mare serum gonadotropin
SAP — Serum Alkaline Phosphatase
GPT — Glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
EE — Equine encephalomyelitis
T3 — Triiodothyronine
FUS — Feline Urological Syndrome
VEN — Viral Erythrocytic Necrosis
SAIDS — Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
CAE(V) — Caprine arthritis and encephalitis (virus)
SPF — Specific Pathogen Free
LCM — Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
GVH — Goose Viral Hepatitis
PNS — Peripheral Nervous Systems
GDV — Gastric dilitation-volvulus

SI — Superior-inferior
MTC — Maximum Tolerated Plasma Concentration
RVVT — Russell's Viper Venom Time
HCH — Halogenated Cyclic Hydrocarbons
BAL — Dimercaprol
PULV — Pulverized, powder
FHD — Feline Heartworm Disease
HACCP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
HA — hemagglutinine
IC — Infectious coryza
VES(V) — Vesicular exanthema of swine (virus)
UIP — Undegraded Intake Protein
FHV — Flock House Virus
PEM — Polioencephalomalacia
NBEC — National Board Examination Committee for Veterinary Medicine
ID — Intradermal
ELF — Enzyme-Labeled Fluorescence
UD — Ulcerative Dermatosis
EPM — Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
WEE — Western equine encephalomyelitis virus
CEAH — Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health
ILUTD — Idiopathic Lower Urinary Tract Disease
SMSV — San Miguel Sea Lion Virus
HHM — Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
CN8 — Vestibulocochlear nerve
PRDC — Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex
DHIR — Dairy Herd Improvement Registry
CHV — Canine Herpesvirus
SAMS — Sow Abortion and Mortality Syndrome
PHS — Pulmonary Hypertension Syndrome
SUP — Superior
ARPAS — American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
MHA — Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia
DSS — Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
LRS — Lactated Ringer's Solution
TTW — Transtracheal Washes or Washing
KTZ — Keratonazole
ED — Elbow dysplasia
MNTD — Maximum Nontoxic Dose
TDN — Total Digestable Nutrients
FARAD — Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
AHS — African Horse Sickness
NAVTA — North American Veterinary Technician Association
BSP — Bromsulfophthalein
HPG — Haemophilus paragallinarum
FMD — Foot-and-mouth disease
ARD — Acute Renal Disease
TGC — Tender Gentle Care
AV — Atriventricular
EIPH — Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage

P-A — Posterior-anterior
NASPHV — National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians
EP — Enzootic Pneumonia
NECL — Nonepitheliotropic Cutaneous Lymphosarcomas
PRRS — Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
VD — Ventral-dorsal
NCPPSP — National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy
TRH — thyrotropin-releasing hormone
CN6 — Abducens nerve
TEME — Thromboembolic Meningoencephalitis
FAD — Flea Allergy Dermatitis
MTD — Median Toxic Dose
TOX — Toxoplasma
VWD — Vomiting and Wasting Disease
DOCP — Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate
BRD — Bovine Respiratory Disease
ASPCA — American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
SUP — Superior Industries International, Inc.
HBC — Hit By Car
CN9 — Glossopharyngeal nerve
EMC — encephalomyocarditis virus
TRTVS — Turkey Rhinotracheitis Viruses
MRCVS — Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
FECV — Feline Enteric Coronavirus
FEBB — Feline Bordetella bronchiseptica
FELV — Feline Leukemia Virus
OFA — Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
EFA — low-essential fatty acids
PRV — Pseudorabies Virus
NFM — Northern Fowl Mite
PAF — platelet activating factor
KBH — Kicked By Horse
OCD — Osteochrondritis Dissecans
IPN — Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis
MOSM — Milliosmol
RVF — Rift Valley Fever
IGR — Insect growth regulators
GN-RH — Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
SPD — Salmon Poisoning Disease
TMS — Trace mineral salt
PI-3 — Parainfluenza-3 Virus
CN11 — Accessory nerve
PRA — Progressive Retinal Atrophy
VEE — Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
VWF — von Willebrand's factor
LDA — Left displacement of abomasum
VVND — Viscerotropic velogenic Newcastle disease
NCV — Noncholera Vibrio
PNU — Protein nitrogen units
IDST — Intradermal skin testing

LPF — Low-power field
SLS — Streptococcal Lymphadenitis
INF — Infection
PTHRP — PTH-related proteins
FMDV — foot-and-mouth disease viruses
RV — Rabies vaccine
SA — Small Animal
MG — Monoglycerides
HI — Hemagglutination-inhibition
PF — Platelet Factor
FELLC — Feline lymphosarcoma-leukemia complex
MCF — Malignant Catarrhal Fever
CRG — Controlled-release glasses
MED — Median effective dose
SP — Species plural
NAHMS — National Animal Health Monitoring Systems
ISOM) — Immunostimulating complex
WVPA — World Veterinary Poultry Association
SUB-Q — Subcutaneous
MI — 3-methylindole

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