ACIAR |
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research |
ALOP |
Appropriate Level of Protection |
ALOR |
Acceptable Level of Risk |
AR |
Attack Rate |
BSE |
Bovine Spongioform Encephalopathy |
CA |
Competent Authority |
CCRF |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
CVO |
Chief Veterinary Officer |
DFO |
Department of Fisheries and Oceans of Canada |
DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
EDTA |
Ethylene Diamine Tetra-acetic Acid (Acetate) |
EIFAC |
European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission |
ELISA |
Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay |
EUS |
Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FMD |
Foot and Mouth Disease |
FSW |
Filtered Seawater |
GAV |
Gill Associated Virus |
GMP |
Good Management Practice |
H&E |
Haematoxylin and Eosin |
ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
1G4F |
1 percent glutaraldehyde and 4 percent formaldehyde solution |
IHC |
Immunohistochemistry |
IHHNV |
Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus |
IRA |
Import Risk Analysis |
ISH |
in-situ hybridization |
KHV |
Koi herpes virus |
MSX |
Multi-nucleate sphere X |
NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific |
NC |
National Coordinator (for aquatic animal health) |
NHP |
Necrotising Hepatopancreatitis |
OIE |
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) |
PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
QA/QC |
Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
RD |
Runt Deformity (IHHNV in shrimp) |
RFLP |
Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
RFTM |
Ray Fluids Thioglycolate Medium |
RNA |
Ribonucleic Acid |
RR |
Relative Risk |
RT-PCR |
Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction |
SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
SE |
Sensitivity |
SEM |
Scanning Electron Microscopy |
SP |
Specificity |
SSO |
Seaside Organism |
TEM |
Transmission Electron Microscopy |
TSV |
Taura Syndrome Virus |
VNN |
Viral Nervous Necrosis |
WGPDMO |
Working Group on Pathology and Diseases of Marine Organisms |
WSD |
White Spot Disease |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
WTO-SPS Agreement |
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization |
YHD |
Yellowhead Disease |
YHV |
Yellowhead Virus |