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CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
SX — Surgery
CRIT — hematoCRIT
PRN — ''pro re nata'' (Latin, "for the emergency", "as needed")
COPD — Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COPD — non-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
DM — Diabetes mellitus
CHF — Congestive Heart Failure
ECG — Electrocardiogram
AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
DMOAD — Disease-Modifying Osteoarthritis Drug
BPM — Beats Per Minute
WHO — World Health Organization
CBC — Complete Blood Count
CP — Conscious Proprioception
E.COLI — Escherichia coli
R X — recipe
BAL — Bronchoalveolar Lavage
ACL — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ligament often torn in knee injuries)
MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
ACTH — Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
RAST — Radioallergosorbent Test (immunoassay)
JAAHA — Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
FX — Fracture
IV — Intravenous
ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
GI — Gastrointestinal
DIC — disseminated intravascular coagulation
DVM — Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
DX — Diagnosis
CVP — Central Venous Pressure
FDA — Food Drug Administration
CNS — Central Nervous System
UTI — Urinary Tract Infection
QV — Quantum Vis
APTT — activated partial thromboplastin
AIHA — Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
BP — Blood Pressure
DIP — Distal Interphalangeal Predominant
MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
BUN — Blood Urea Nitrogen
MBC — Minimal Bactericidal Concentration
MTD — Maximum Tolerated Dose (that does not produce unacceptable toxicity)
BX — Biopsy
BAER — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response
TB — Tuberculosis
PLH — Pharyngeal Lymphoid Hyperplasia
POVMR — Problem-Oriented Veterinary Medical Record
ECF — Extracellular Fluid

RA — Rheumatoid Arthritis
DJD — Degenerative Joint Disease
CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
EEG — Electro-EncephaloGram
GALT — Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
TPN — Total Parenteral Nutrition
RBC — Red Blood Cell
MCV — Mean Corpuscular Volume
PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
IM — Intramuscular
SIRS — Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
IVP — Intravenous Pyelogram
WMT — Wisconsin Mastitis Test
NAVLE — North American Veterinary Licensing Examination
GOT — Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase
DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. Department of Justice)
AVMA — American Veterinary Medical Association
AUC — Area under the Curve (statistics)
AAEP — American Association of Equine Practitioners
HPF — High-Power Field
HCT — Hematocrit
Q — Quaque (Latin: each, every; used in medical prescriptions)
QOL — Quality of Life
EMG — Electromyogram
TNTC — Too Numerous To Count
BRT — Brucella milk ring test
TLC — Tender Love and Care
AG — Antigen
APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
DM — dry mass
SSRI — Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
CRTZ — Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone
POST — Posterior
INF — Inferior
TT — Tetanus Toxoid
SGOT — Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase
DI — Diabetes Insipidus
CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
DTM — Dermatophyte Test Medium
AASP — American Association of Swine Practitioners
HCG — Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
CPK — Creatinine Phosphokinase
AABP — American Association of Bovine Practitioners
PCV — packed cell volume (of blood)
BHC — Benzene Hexachloride
ALD — Approximate Lethal Dose
FA — Fatty Acid
ALP — Alkaline Phosphatase

SGPT — Serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
LPS — Legionella pneumophila lipopolysaccharide
IBH — Inclusion Body Hepatitis
TNF — Tumor Necrosis Factor
AASRP — American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
GRAS — Generally Regarded As Safe (FDA List)
BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
OS — Oculus Sinister
NSAID — Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug
REV — Reticuloendotheliosis Virus
MALT — Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
MAOI — Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor
NRC — National Response Center
EBV — Epstein-Barr virus
ACD — Acid-Citrate-Dextrose
OA — Osteo-Arthritis
PR — Per Rectum
ELISA — enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
OR — Operating Room
EIA — Enzyme ImmunoAssay
EF — Ejection Fraction
PG — Prostaglandin
SDA — Sialodacryoadenitis
ANT — Anterior
GH — Growth Hormone
NPO — Nothing By Mouth
CT — Computerised Axial Tomography
IDDM — insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
PT — Prothrombin Time
HB — Hemoglobin
QOD — Every Other Day
H&E — Hematoxylin and Eosin (stain)
CRD — Chronic Respiratory Disease
BMD — Bone Mineral Density
IFA — Indirect Fluorescent Antibody
AIPE — Asphyxia-Induced Pulmonary Edema
TID — ter in die (three times daily)
AV — Arteriovenous
PO — [Latin] Per os, orally
PTH — Parathyroid Hormone
USP — United States Pharmacopeia
ATP — Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
VFA — Volatile Fatty Acid
GFR — Glomerular Filtration Rate
CPD — Citrate-Phosphate-Dextrose
IVSA — International Veterinary Students’ Association
OD — Oculus Dexter
TSH — thyroid stimulating hormone
VT — Veterinary Technician
HOD — Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy

AMB — Amphotericin B
MH — Malignant Hyperthermia
EDS — Egg Drop Syndrome
RMSF — Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
IG — Immune Globulin
NDF — Neutral Detergent Fiber
SDF — Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter thumps
DV — Dorsal-ventral
EM — Electron Microscopy
APUD — Amine precursor uptake decarboxylase
RER — Resting Energing Requirement
RES — Reticuloendothelial System
ADF — Amsterdam density functional
SUBCUT — Subcutaneous
WVA — World Veterinary Association
NADH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
WBC — White blood cells
LD — Lethal Dose
NRBC — Nucleated Red Blood Cell
CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
QNS — Quantity Not Sufficient
ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
HUS — Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
LVT — Licensed Veterinary Technician
RTF — Resistance Transfer Factor
PRDC — Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex
AAHA — American Animal Hospital Association
CAT SCAN — Computerized axial tomography
MSH — melanocyte-stimulating hormone
SARA — Subacute Ruminal Acidosis
BPDME — Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy
FIV — Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
PPN — Partial Parenteral Nutrition
PE — Physical Examination
LH — Luteinizing Hormone
PSS — Porcine Stress Syndrome
LE — Lupus Erythematosus
EPO — Erythropoietin
TGE — Transmissible Gastroenteritis
BVD(V) — Bovine viral diarrhea (virus)
CN10 — Vagus nerve
AAAP — American Association of Avian Pathologists
SCUD — Septicemic Cutaneous Ulcerative Disease
MCH — Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin
MCHC — Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (occupational Exposure)
TMJ — TemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
DES — diethyl sulphate
CRD — Chronic Renal Disease
BLV — Bovine Leukemia Virus
CL — Corpus Luteum

REM — Rapid Eye Movement
MHV — Mouse Hepatitis Virus
BRSV — Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus
ANA — Antinuclear Antibodies
ADP — Adenosine Diphosphate (RN 58-64-0)
PLT — Platelet
DMSO — Dimethyl Sulfoxide
NADPH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Hydrogen
FFA — Free Fatty Acids
PPLO — Pleuropneumonia-like Organism
SC — Subcutaneous
ISOM) — Immunostimulating complex
FVRCP — Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus, Panleukopenia
AGID — Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
APR — Acute Phase Response
AB — Antibody
ABPE — Acute Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema and Edema
MRNA — Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
MA — Milliampere
SFT — Society for Theriogenology
TT — Thrombin Time
UMN — Upper Motor Neuron
HMP — Hexose Monophosphate Shunt
IP — Intraperitoneal
ICF — Intracellular Fluid
RDA — Right displacement of the abomasum
SG — Specific Gravity
CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
SLE — Systemic Lupus Erythematous
LMN — Lower Motor Neuron
PMN — polymorphonuclear (leukocytes)
NMS — Neonatal Maladjustment Syndrome
MMA — Mastitis-Metritis-Agalactia Complex
GABA — gamma-aminobutyric acid
PIE SYNDROME — Pulmonary infiltration with eosinophilia
SUP — Superior Industries International, Inc.
MHD — Mulberry Heart Disease
CDC — Centers for Disease Control
EPI — Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
CF — Complement Fixation
PBB — Polybrominated Biphenyl
EEE — Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis
EDP — Edema Disease Principle
ICH — Infectious Canine Hepatitis
CMT — California Mastitis Test
R — Roentgen
WMD — White Muscle Disease
MCP — Metacarpophalangeal
FNA — Fine-Needle Aspiration
MIC — Minimal Inhibitory Concentration

MOET — Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer
IACUC — Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
AP — Anterior-posterior
CPV — Canine Parvovirus
IHA — Indirect hemagglutination
AFIP — Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
WB — Western Blot
VN — Virus Neutralization
CLA — Caseous Lymphadenitis
IBR — Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis
AI — Association Index
IPN — Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis
TAT — Tetanus Antitoxin
BW — Body Weight
SIV — Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
MCV — Mean Cell Volume
CCHF — Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
ACT — Activated coagulation time
IBD — Inflammatory Bowel Disease
LRS — Lactated Ringer's Solution
SVD — Swine Vesicular Disease
PABA — Para-Aminobenzoic Acid
CAV — Canine Adenovirus
FOCMA — Feline Oncornavirus-Associated Cell Membrane Antigen
FSV — Feline Sarcoma Virus
PX — Physical Examination
HYPP — Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
IFN — Interferon
AD — Lib Ad Libitum
IBR — Inclusion Body Rhinitis
EHD — Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
ABVP — American Board of Veterinary Practitioners
VMD — Veterinary Medical Doctor
ECG — Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin
OP — Organophosphate
CPD-A — Citrate-phosphate-dextrose-adenine
AV — Average
BRS — Brown Recluse Spider
FIA — Feline Infectious Anemia
HHM — Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
IC — Intracardiac
RVF — Right Ventricular Failure
SBE — Sporadic Bovine Encephalomyelitis
FORL — Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion
CSM — Cottonseed Meal
PTS — put to sleep
UD — Ulcerative Dermatosis
NMD — Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy
NAF — No Abnormal Findings
JAVMA — Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

DHV — Duck Hepatitis Virus
DMNA — Dimethylnitrosamine
LCM — Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
QID — Quater In Die
ASPCA — American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
ACE — Arthritis Control Electrostimulator
ECP — Estradiol Cypionate
VS — Vesicular Stomatitis
TCP — Tropical Canine Pancytopenia
LPE — Lymphocytic-Plasmacytic Enteritis
NPN — Nonprotein Nitrogen
HACCP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
CEM — Contagious Equine Metritis
AC — ante cibum (before food)
TME — Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy
AST — Aspartate Transaminase
CCMS — Clean catch, midstream
HCH — Halogenated Cyclic Hydrocarbons
BID — bis in die
TLI — trypsin-like immunoreactivity
SHS — Swollen Head Syndrome
CVT — Certified Veterinary Technician
KVP — Kilovolt Peak
ARD — Antibiotic-responsive diarrhea
PKD — Proliferative Kidney Disease
SA — Sinoatrial
T3 — Triiodothyronine
AZT — azidothymidine
SUP — Superior
ME — Metabolizable Energy
INH — Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis
T4 — Thyroxine
GME — Granulomatous Meningoencephalomyelitis
PG — Proteoglycan
CN1 — Cranial Nerve 1
AHT — Animal Health Technician
BIV — bovine immunodeficiency-like virus
DEC — Diethylcarbamazine
AAFCO — American Association of Feed Control Officials
VHD — Viral Hemorrhagic Disease
CA — Contagious agalactia
CN7 — Facial nerve
LA — Large Animal
GHRH — Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
QL — Quantum Libet
FDP — Serum-fibrin degradation products
EPG — Eggs per Gram
HD — Hip Dysplasia
RSAT — Rapid Slide Agglutination Test
MSD — Marble Spleen Disease

KCS — Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
ND — Newcastle Disease
DLE — Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
AAAP — Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
IN — intranasal
VVND — Viscerotropic velogenic Newcastle disease
FRV — Feline Rhinotracheitis Virus
AVECCT — Academy of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Technicians
PHS — Pulmonary Hypertension Syndrome
SIBO — Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
DHIA — National Dairy Herd Improvement Association
APPO — Assistance Program for Pet Owners
CCV — Canine Coronavirus
RTA — Right Torsion of the Abomasum
IVD — Intervertebral Disc Disease
EDDI — Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide
IAADP — International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
G6PD — Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
AD — Aleutian Disease
TRH — thyrotropin-releasing hormone
ASF — African Swine Fever
ARP — American Registry of Pathology
PSE — pale, soft exudative pork
GES — Group E streptococcus
PED — Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea
PNS — Peripheral Nervous Systems
CTC — Chlortetracycline
CT — Computer Tomography
HS — Hemorrhagic Septicemia
FIP — Feline Infectious Peritonitis
PNU — Protein nitrogen units
MEC — Minimal Effective Plasma Concentration
FUD — Fever of undetremined origin
PSGAG — Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan
UAP — Ununited Anconeal Process
TEME — Thromboembolic Meningoencephalitis
DHLP-P — Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus
FARAD — Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
MCT — Mast Cell Tumor
SDH — Sorbitol Dehydrogenase
PC — post cibum (after food)
CAR — Congenital Articular Rigidity
BER — Basal Energy Requirement
CF — Chronicity factor
ID — Intradermal
HA — hemagglutinine
MRCVS — Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
HPA — Hypophyseal-Pituitary Axis
QS — Quantum Sufficiat
FCP — Fragmented Coronoid Process

ALT — argon laser trabececuloplasty
BFR — Benign Foot Rot
OID — Ovine Interdigital Dermatitis
HSL — Hypertonic Saline
AHV-1 — Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1
HEV — Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis Virus
CPRA — Central Progressive Retinal Atrophy
CN12 — Hypoglossal nerve
IBD — Infectious Bursal Disease
KBH — Kicked By Horse
IPV — Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis
TBF — Tick-Borne Fever
SI — safety index
CN4 — Trochlear nerve
CHV — Canine Herpesvirus
ELF — Enzyme-Labeled Fluorescence
UMHE — Ununited Medial Humeral Epicondyle
AHS — African Horse Sickness
BHV — Bovine Herpesvirus
EIA — 1equine infectious anemia
VWF — von Willebrand's factor
MHA — Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia
HGE — Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis
SF — Spayed Female
CRWAD — Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease
VES(V) — Vesicular exanthema of swine (virus)
PBFD — Psittacine beak and feather disease
MAC — Minimal Antibiotic Concentration
EMC — encephalomyocarditis virus
EIAV — equine infectious anemia virus
EE — Equine encephalomyelitis
CN2 — Optic nerve
BRD — Bovine Respiratory Disease
GPT — Glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
NMB — New Methylene Blue
PPR — Peste des petits ruminants
VEN — Viral Erythrocytic Necrosis
FHD — Feline Heartworm Disease
CAE(V) — Caprine arthritis and encephalitis (virus)
CN5 — Trigeminal nerve
DOCA — Desoxycorticosterone Acetate
SAP — Serum Alkaline Phosphatase
NBEC — National Board Examination Committee for Veterinary Medicine
NAVTA — North American Veterinary Technician Association
PMSG — Pregnant mare serum gonadotropin
TGC — Tender Gentle Care
ARPAS — American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
FMD — Foot-and-mouth disease
CN3 — Occulomotor nerve
PEDV — Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus

PULV — Pulverized, powder
FUS — Feline Urological Syndrome
FA — Flourescent antibody
P-A — Posterior-anterior
FLUTD — Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease
SUB-Q — Subcutaneous
MOSM — Milliosmol
EPM — Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
HPG — Haemophilus paragallinarum
KTZ — Keratonazole
LDA — Left displacement of abomasum
BD — Border Disease
SAIDS — Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
SIV — Swine Influenza Virus
EHV — Equine herpesvirus
SMZ — Sulfamethazine
VFD — Veterinary Feed Directive
EBA — Epizootic Bovine Abortion
VFR — Virulent Foot Rot
PSS — Physiologic Saline Solution
BT — Bluetongue
CAV — Chick Anemia Virus
PAF — platelet activating factor
ACT — American College of Theriogenologists
ODE — Old-Dog Encephalitis
FELLC — Feline lymphosarcoma-leukemia complex
FMDV — foot-and-mouth disease viruses
PAD — Pododermatitis Aseptica Diffusa
FCV — Feline Calicivirus
DSS — Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
RANA — Registered Animal Nursing Auxiliary
MED — Median effective dose
BCG — Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
SAMS — Sow Abortion and Mortality Syndrome
GVH — Goose Viral Hepatitis
DOCP — Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate
TTW — Transtracheal Washes or Washing
RVVT — Russell's Viper Venom Time
GDU — Gastroduodenal Ulceration
CN9 — Glossopharyngeal nerve
DM — Deciduous molar
ARD — Acute Renal Disease
HBC — Hit By Car
CN11 — Accessory nerve
RVF — Rift Valley Fever
EFA — low-essential fatty acids
GN-RH — Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
AEMV — American Exotic Mammal Veterinarians
SLS — Streptococcal Lymphadenitis
WEE — Western equine encephalomyelitis virus

CN6 — Abducens nerve
CRG — Controlled-release glasses
LPF — Low-power field
CN8 — Vestibulocochlear nerve
SPF — Specific Pathogen Free
NCPPSP — National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy
DFA — Diffuse Fibrosing Alveolitis
OFA — Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
FAD — Flea Allergy Dermatitis
FHV — Flock House Virus
MTD — Median Toxic Dose
BSP — Bromsulfophthalein
PRRS — Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
MNTD — Maximum Nontoxic Dose
UMCP — Ununited Medial Coronoid Process
FRV — feline rotavirus
CEAH — Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health
MLV — Modified Live Virus
HI — Hemagglutination-inhibition
DHIR — Dairy Herd Improvement Registry
MTC — Maximum Tolerated Plasma Concentration
PTHRP — PTH-related proteins
MAP — Mouse Antibody Production
IDST — Intradermal skin testing
TDN — Total Digestable Nutrients
SI — Superior-inferior
HD — Hepatosis Dietetica
FHV — Feline Herpesvirus
PEM — Polioencephalomalacia
TOX — Toxoplasma
NFM — Northern Fowl Mite
VWD — Vomiting and Wasting Disease
SA — Small Animal
NASPHV — National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians
VEE — Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
GDV — Gastric dilitation-volvulus
PI-3 — Parainfluenza-3 Virus
OCD — Osteochrondritis Dissecans
EP — Enzootic Pneumonia
MCT — Market Cattle Testing
IGR — Insect growth regulators
SMSV — San Miguel Sea Lion Virus
CM — Castrated male
UIP — Undegraded Intake Protein
PRA — Progressive Retinal Atrophy
PRV — Pseudorabies Virus
AV — Atriventricular
BAL — Dimercaprol
TRTVS — Turkey Rhinotracheitis Viruses
PF — Platelet Factor

INF — Infection
FELV — Feline Leukemia Virus
TMS — Trace mineral salt
FEBB — Feline Bordetella bronchiseptica
FECV — Feline Enteric Coronavirus
VD — Ventral-dorsal
MG — Monoglycerides
EIPH — Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage
ILUTD — Idiopathic Lower Urinary Tract Disease
SPD — Salmon Poisoning Disease
NCV — Noncholera Vibrio
NECL — Nonepitheliotropic Cutaneous Lymphosarcomas
WVPA — World Veterinary Poultry Association
IC — Infectious coryza
MCF — Malignant Catarrhal Fever
ED — Elbow dysplasia
SP — Species plural
RV — Rabies vaccine
NAHMS — National Animal Health Monitoring Systems
MI — 3-methylindole

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