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CPR — Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CRIT — hematoCRIT
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
DMOAD — Disease-Modifying Osteoarthritis Drug
ACTH — Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
ACL — Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ligament often torn in knee injuries)
MBC — Minimal Bactericidal Concentration
DIC — disseminated intravascular coagulation
AIHA — Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
BAL — Bronchoalveolar Lavage
ADH — Antidiuretic Hormone
AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
IV — Intravenous
BAER — Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response
RAST — Radioallergosorbent Test (immunoassay)
QV — Quantum Vis
UTI — Urinary Tract Infection
WHO — World Health Organization
BPM — Beats Per Minute
APTT — activated partial thromboplastin
CVP — Central Venous Pressure
RBC — Red Blood Cell
GALT — Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
IM — Intramuscular
CSF — Cerebrospinal Fluid
GI — Gastrointestinal
BHC — Benzene Hexachloride
QOL — Quality of Life
CBF — Cerebral Blood Flow
RA — Rheumatoid Arthritis
CNS — Central Nervous System
CBC — Complete Blood Count
BX — Biopsy
TB — Tuberculosis
CPK — Creatinine Phosphokinase
Q — Quaque (Latin: each, every; used in medical prescriptions)
MCV — Mean Corpuscular Volume
HCG — Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
MRI — Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MTD — Maximum Tolerated Dose (that does not produce unacceptable toxicity)
PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
DX — Diagnosis
DM — dry mass
BRT — Brucella milk ring test

E.COLI — Escherichia coli
DI — Diabetes Insipidus
DJD — Degenerative Joint Disease
FX — Fracture
AIPE — Asphyxia-Induced Pulmonary Edema
EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
RER — Resting Energing Requirement
BP — Blood Pressure
POST — Posterior
DIP — Distal Interphalangeal Predominant
BSE — Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
DVM — Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
SIRS — Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
GH — Growth Hormone
RMSF — Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
BUN — Blood Urea Nitrogen
BPDME — Bovine Progressive Degenerative Myeloencephalopathy
ECF — Extracellular Fluid
HPF — High-Power Field
AVMA — American Veterinary Medical Association
IVP — Intravenous Pyelogram
EM — Electron Microscopy
ALD — Approximate Lethal Dose
WMT — Wisconsin Mastitis Test
AAEP — American Association of Equine Practitioners
EMG — Electromyogram
TNF — Tumor Necrosis Factor
DTM — Dermatophyte Test Medium
SSRI — Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
DV — Dorsal-ventral
SGPT — Serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
CRTZ — Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone
CT — Computerised Axial Tomography
FA — Fatty Acid
TNTC — Too Numerous To Count
SX — Surgery
OR — Operating Room
DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
TPN — Total Parenteral Nutrition
MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
ACD — Acid-Citrate-Dextrose
R X — recipe
ALP — Alkaline Phosphatase
CPD — Citrate-Phosphate-Dextrose
IFA — Indirect Fluorescent Antibody
EBV — Epstein-Barr virus
BMD — Bone Mineral Density
FIV — Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
CN10 — Vagus nerve
POVMR — Problem-Oriented Veterinary Medical Record

SUBCUT — Subcutaneous
APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
EF — Ejection Fraction
JAAHA — Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
AG — Antigen
HCT — Hematocrit
EDS — Egg Drop Syndrome
MAOI — Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor
IBH — Inclusion Body Hepatitis
GRAS — Generally Regarded As Safe (FDA List)
PPLO — Pleuropneumonia-like Organism
OS — Oculus Sinister
MALT — Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
FDA — Food Drug Administration
TGE — Transmissible Gastroenteritis
PG — Prostaglandin
BRSV — Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus
MHV — Mouse Hepatitis Virus
NDF — Neutral Detergent Fiber
CCHF — Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
EIA — Enzyme ImmunoAssay
NMS — Neonatal Maladjustment Syndrome
LPS — Legionella pneumophila lipopolysaccharide
AASP — American Association of Swine Practitioners
NADH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
PTH — Parathyroid Hormone
EPO — Erythropoietin
AAHA — American Animal Hospital Association
AAAP — American Association of Avian Pathologists
AV — Arteriovenous
SDF — Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter thumps
FVRCP — Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis, Calicivirus, Panleukopenia
REV — Reticuloendotheliosis Virus
NRBC — Nucleated Red Blood Cell
PT — Prothrombin Time
SDA — Sialodacryoadenitis
CL — Corpus Luteum
PCV — packed cell volume (of blood)
EEG — Electro-EncephaloGram
QNS — Quantity Not Sufficient
TLC — Tender Love and Care
PSS — Porcine Stress Syndrome
QOD — Every Other Day
LD — Lethal Dose
EEE — Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis
ABPE — Acute Bovine Pulmonary Emphysema and Edema
ICH — Infectious Canine Hepatitis
VT — Veterinary Technician
RTF — Resistance Transfer Factor
HB — Hemoglobin

ELISA — enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
SARA — Subacute Ruminal Acidosis
LE — Lupus Erythematosus
AGID — Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
ANT — Anterior
H&E — Hematoxylin and Eosin (stain)
APUD — Amine precursor uptake decarboxylase
CF — Complement Fixation
ATP — Adenosine Triphosphate (reg: 56-65-5)
MA — Milliampere
EPI — Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
CMT — California Mastitis Test
IP — Intraperitoneal
BLV — Bovine Leukemia Virus
VFA — Volatile Fatty Acid
NAVLE — North American Veterinary Licensing Examination
VN — Virus Neutralization
FORL — Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion
GFR — Glomerular Filtration Rate
NRC — National Response Center
APR — Acute Phase Response
NSAID — Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug
MRNA — Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
CSM — Cottonseed Meal
IG — Immune Globulin
AMB — Amphotericin B
CAV — Canine Adenovirus
CLA — Caseous Lymphadenitis
AFIP — Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
USP — United States Pharmacopeia
PE — Physical Examination
CRD — Chronic Respiratory Disease
FNA — Fine-Needle Aspiration
AABP — American Association of Bovine Practitioners
MCP — Metacarpophalangeal
CAT SCAN — Computerized axial tomography
IDDM — insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
CPD-A — Citrate-phosphate-dextrose-adenine
LH — Luteinizing Hormone
MH — Malignant Hyperthermia
PR — Per Rectum
WB — Western Blot
BRS — Brown Recluse Spider
CRD — Chronic Renal Disease
MMA — Mastitis-Metritis-Agalactia Complex
IFN — Interferon
DMNA — Dimethylnitrosamine
RNA — Ribo Nucleic Acid
SGOT — Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase
LA — Large Animal

NPO — Nothing By Mouth
HMP — Hexose Monophosphate Shunt
PPN — Partial Parenteral Nutrition
VS — Vesicular Stomatitis
LVT — Licensed Veterinary Technician
OD — Oculus Dexter
WMD — White Muscle Disease
R — Roentgen
HUS — Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
TCP — Tropical Canine Pancytopenia
AUC — Area under the Curve (statistics)
SCUD — Septicemic Cutaneous Ulcerative Disease
TT — Tetanus Toxoid
DEC — Diethylcarbamazine
PTS — put to sleep
VHD — Viral Hemorrhagic Disease
MOET — Multiple ovulation and embryo transfer
PMN — polymorphonuclear (leukocytes)
AASRP — American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
NPN — Nonprotein Nitrogen
PLH — Pharyngeal Lymphoid Hyperplasia
MIC — Minimal Inhibitory Concentration
PKD — Proliferative Kidney Disease
ND — Newcastle Disease
AD — Lib Ad Libitum
OP — Organophosphate
ADF — Amsterdam density functional
IC — Intracardiac
ANF — Atrial Natriuretic Factor
GABA — gamma-aminobutyric acid
ICF — Intracellular Fluid
PG — Proteoglycan
QID — Quater In Die
FFA — Free Fatty Acids
ME — Metabolizable Energy
LPE — Lymphocytic-Plasmacytic Enteritis
LMN — Lower Motor Neuron
HD — Hip Dysplasia
TID — ter in die (three times daily)
ARD — Antibiotic-responsive diarrhea
SHS — Swollen Head Syndrome
RES — Reticuloendothelial System
SIV — Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
IHA — Indirect hemagglutination
TT — Thrombin Time
CVT — Certified Veterinary Technician
EHD — Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
PIE SYNDROME — Pulmonary infiltration with eosinophilia
MSD — Marble Spleen Disease
PBB — Polybrominated Biphenyl

SBE — Sporadic Bovine Encephalomyelitis
ANA — Antinuclear Antibodies
JAVMA — Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
TAT — Tetanus Antitoxin
IBR — Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis
DMSO — Dimethyl Sulfoxide
FOCMA — Feline Oncornavirus-Associated Cell Membrane Antigen
PO — [Latin] Per os, orally
IAADP — International Association of Assistance Dog Partners
CDC — Centers for Disease Control
WBC — White blood cells
ADP — Adenosine Diphosphate (RN 58-64-0)
MCV — Mean Cell Volume
ECP — Estradiol Cypionate
MHD — Mulberry Heart Disease
HYPP — Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
EDDI — Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide
INH — Infectious Necrotic Hepatitis
CAMP — Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
FUD — Fever of undetremined origin
KVP — Kilovolt Peak
CN1 — Cranial Nerve 1
EIA — 1equine infectious anemia
MSH — melanocyte-stimulating hormone
NMD — Nutritional Muscular Dystrophy
FIA — Feline Infectious Anemia
SA — Sinoatrial
DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. Department of Justice)
AB — Antibody
AAFCO — American Association of Feed Control Officials
HGE — Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis
CEM — Contagious Equine Metritis
ABVP — American Board of Veterinary Practitioners
ECG — Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin
UMN — Upper Motor Neuron
SFT — Society for Theriogenology
TSH — thyroid stimulating hormone
IVSA — International Veterinary Students’ Association
FRV — Feline Rhinotracheitis Virus
AP — Anterior-posterior
SF — Spayed Female
G6PD — Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase
DES — diethyl sulphate
CDV — Canine Distemper Virus
AD — Aleutian Disease
RTA — Right Torsion of the Abomasum
NMB — New Methylene Blue
PSE — pale, soft exudative pork
IVD — Intervertebral Disc Disease
GOT — Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase

CCMS — Clean catch, midstream
MCT — Mast Cell Tumor
QL — Quantum Libet
REM — Rapid Eye Movement
OID — Ovine Interdigital Dermatitis
RSAT — Rapid Slide Agglutination Test
APPO — Assistance Program for Pet Owners
ACE — Arthritis Control Electrostimulator
BVD(V) — Bovine viral diarrhea (virus)
CN12 — Hypoglossal nerve
KCS — Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
TMJ — TemporoMandibular Joint (syndrome)
BIV — bovine immunodeficiency-like virus
GME — Granulomatous Meningoencephalomyelitis
RDA — Right displacement of the abomasum
AC — ante cibum (before food)
PED — Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea
AV — Average
SVD — Swine Vesicular Disease
HEV — Hemagglutinating Encephalomyelitis Virus
FSV — Feline Sarcoma Virus
DHLP-P — Distemper, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Parainfluenza, Parvovirus
CAR — Congenital Articular Rigidity
HOD — Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy
GES — Group E streptococcus
WVA — World Veterinary Association
PABA — Para-Aminobenzoic Acid
AZT — azidothymidine
VMD — Veterinary Medical Doctor
SIBO — Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
AI — Association Index
OA — Osteo-Arthritis
NAF — No Abnormal Findings
DLE — Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
AAAP — Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
IBR — Inclusion Body Rhinitis
CN4 — Trochlear nerve
UAP — Ununited Anconeal Process
HS — Hemorrhagic Septicemia
DHV — Duck Hepatitis Virus
UMHE — Ununited Medial Humeral Epicondyle
EDP — Edema Disease Principle
CPV — Canine Parvovirus
MCHC — Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (occupational Exposure)
BT — Bluetongue
MAC — Minimal Antibiotic Concentration
PBFD — Psittacine beak and feather disease
DOCA — Desoxycorticosterone Acetate
CPRA — Central Progressive Retinal Atrophy
FCP — Fragmented Coronoid Process

CCV — Canine Coronavirus
CN7 — Facial nerve
CF — Chronicity factor
CRWAD — Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease
DHIA — National Dairy Herd Improvement Association
PSS — Physiologic Saline Solution
SLE — Systemic Lupus Erythematous
PAD — Pododermatitis Aseptica Diffusa
EIAV — equine infectious anemia virus
EPG — Eggs per Gram
BFR — Benign Foot Rot
TME — Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy
ARP — American Registry of Pathology
RANA — Registered Animal Nursing Auxiliary
CT — Computer Tomography
NADPH — Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Hydrogen
ACT — American College of Theriogenologists
INF — Inferior
FIP — Feline Infectious Peritonitis
CTC — Chlortetracycline
MEC — Minimal Effective Plasma Concentration
HCH — Halogenated Cyclic Hydrocarbons
BHV — Bovine Herpesvirus
FLUTD — Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease
HPA — Hypophyseal-Pituitary Axis
IBD — Inflammatory Bowel Disease
PEDV — Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus
IPV — Infectious Pustular Vulvovaginitis
TLI — trypsin-like immunoreactivity
SDH — Sorbitol Dehydrogenase
AST — Aspartate Transaminase
SIV — Swine Influenza Virus
ALT — argon laser trabececuloplasty
FDP — Serum-fibrin degradation products
ACT — Activated coagulation time
PLT — Platelet
PC — post cibum (after food)
SC — Subcutaneous
PPR — Peste des petits ruminants
IBD — Infectious Bursal Disease
IACUC — Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
BW — Body Weight
HSL — Hypertonic Saline
PSGAG — Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan
SG — Specific Gravity
KTZ — Keratonazole
QS — Quantum Sufficiat
FRV — feline rotavirus
GDU — Gastroduodenal Ulceration
EBA — Epizootic Bovine Abortion

ASF — African Swine Fever
PX — Physical Examination
CAV — Chick Anemia Virus
AEMV — American Exotic Mammal Veterinarians
AHV-1 — Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1
CN3 — Occulomotor nerve
VFD — Veterinary Feed Directive
AVECCT — Academy of Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Technicians
DFA — Diffuse Fibrosing Alveolitis
HD — Hepatosis Dietetica
AHT — Animal Health Technician
IN — intranasal
BCG — Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
BD — Border Disease
SI — safety index
BER — Basal Energy Requirement
VVND — Viscerotropic velogenic Newcastle disease
EHV — Equine herpesvirus
ODE — Old-Dog Encephalitis
TBF — Tick-Borne Fever
MCT — Market Cattle Testing
RVF — Right Ventricular Failure
CN5 — Trigeminal nerve
BID — bis in die
PRDC — Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex
GVH — Goose Viral Hepatitis
FA — Flourescent antibody
VES(V) — Vesicular exanthema of swine (virus)
GPT — Glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
T3 — Triiodothyronine
MCH — Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin
SPF — Specific Pathogen Free
T4 — Thyroxine
CA — Contagious agalactia
DM — Deciduous molar
PMSG — Pregnant mare serum gonadotropin
GHRH — Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
BAL — Dimercaprol
FHV — Feline Herpesvirus
VFR — Virulent Foot Rot
CN2 — Optic nerve
RVVT — Russell's Viper Venom Time
CM — Castrated male
FUS — Feline Urological Syndrome
HHM — Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy
HACCP — Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
LCM — Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
SAP — Serum Alkaline Phosphatase
GN-RH — Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
MLV — Modified Live Virus

CHV — Canine Herpesvirus
MAP — Mouse Antibody Production
UMCP — Ununited Medial Coronoid Process
PHS — Pulmonary Hypertension Syndrome
ID — Intradermal
PNU — Protein nitrogen units
FCV — Feline Calicivirus
CAE(V) — Caprine arthritis and encephalitis (virus)
HA — hemagglutinine
PNS — Peripheral Nervous Systems
EPM — Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
EE — Equine encephalomyelitis
TEME — Thromboembolic Meningoencephalitis
VEN — Viral Erythrocytic Necrosis
SAIDS — Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
UD — Ulcerative Dermatosis
GDV — Gastric dilitation-volvulus
MTC — Maximum Tolerated Plasma Concentration
CN8 — Vestibulocochlear nerve
SMZ — Sulfamethazine
NBEC — National Board Examination Committee for Veterinary Medicine
AHS — African Horse Sickness
FHD — Feline Heartworm Disease
BSP — Bromsulfophthalein
HPG — Haemophilus paragallinarum
SI — Superior-inferior
PULV — Pulverized, powder
PEM — Polioencephalomalacia
ELF — Enzyme-Labeled Fluorescence
DSS — Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate
WEE — Western equine encephalomyelitis virus
MHA — Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia
CEAH — Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health
IC — Infectious coryza
LRS — Lactated Ringer's Solution
DHIR — Dairy Herd Improvement Registry
NCPPSP — National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy
UIP — Undegraded Intake Protein
SMSV — San Miguel Sea Lion Virus
ARPAS — American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists
DOCP — Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate
ASPCA — American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
TRH — thyrotropin-releasing hormone
ILUTD — Idiopathic Lower Urinary Tract Disease
SUP — Superior Industries International, Inc.
SAMS — Sow Abortion and Mortality Syndrome
FHV — Flock House Virus
SUP — Superior
FARAD — Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
EP — Enzootic Pneumonia

BRD — Bovine Respiratory Disease
FMD — Foot-and-mouth disease
VWD — Vomiting and Wasting Disease
LDA — Left displacement of abomasum
TDN — Total Digestable Nutrients
MTD — Median Toxic Dose
TOX — Toxoplasma
RVF — Rift Valley Fever
NECL — Nonepitheliotropic Cutaneous Lymphosarcomas
PRRS — Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
KBH — Kicked By Horse
OFA — Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
NAVTA — North American Veterinary Technician Association
SLS — Streptococcal Lymphadenitis
TRTVS — Turkey Rhinotracheitis Viruses
TGC — Tender Gentle Care
PAF — platelet activating factor
VD — Ventral-dorsal
ED — Elbow dysplasia
MNTD — Maximum Nontoxic Dose
AV — Atriventricular
HBC — Hit By Car
IPN — Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis
P-A — Posterior-anterior
VWF — von Willebrand's factor
MRCVS — Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
ARD — Acute Renal Disease
TTW — Transtracheal Washes or Washing
EIPH — Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage
EMC — encephalomyocarditis virus
PRV — Pseudorabies Virus
CN6 — Abducens nerve
FAD — Flea Allergy Dermatitis
CN9 — Glossopharyngeal nerve
NASPHV — National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians
PF — Platelet Factor
CRG — Controlled-release glasses
MED — Median effective dose
PRA — Progressive Retinal Atrophy
IDST — Intradermal skin testing
FECV — Feline Enteric Coronavirus
NFM — Northern Fowl Mite
FELV — Feline Leukemia Virus
FEBB — Feline Bordetella bronchiseptica
TMS — Trace mineral salt
OCD — Osteochrondritis Dissecans
CN11 — Accessory nerve
HI — Hemagglutination-inhibition
VEE — Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis
IGR — Insect growth regulators

PI-3 — Parainfluenza-3 Virus
MOSM — Milliosmol
EFA — low-essential fatty acids
SUB-Q — Subcutaneous
SPD — Salmon Poisoning Disease
LPF — Low-power field
FMDV — foot-and-mouth disease viruses
NCV — Noncholera Vibrio
SA — Small Animal
RV — Rabies vaccine
INF — Infection
MG — Monoglycerides
ISOM) — Immunostimulating complex
PTHRP — PTH-related proteins
NAHMS — National Animal Health Monitoring Systems
MCF — Malignant Catarrhal Fever
FELLC — Feline lymphosarcoma-leukemia complex
SP — Species plural
WVPA — World Veterinary Poultry Association
MI — 3-methylindole

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