ADF |
acid detergent fibre |
ATP |
Adenosin-Three Phosphate |
AAFCO |
American Association of Feed Control Officials |
AOAC |
Association of Official Agricultural Chemists |
BSE |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
CE |
capillary electrophoresis |
CF |
crude fibre |
CP |
crude protein |
CT |
condensed tannins |
CRM |
certified reference materials |
DAS |
diacetoxyscirpenol |
DDE |
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene |
DDT |
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
DM |
dry matter |
DOM |
digestibility of organic matter |
DON |
deoxynivalenol |
E-As |
enzyme-linked antibodies |
EE |
ether extract |
ELISA |
enzyme linked immunosorbent assay |
EU |
European Union |
FAPAS |
Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme |
FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GE |
gross energy |
GMO |
genetically modified organisms |
HPLC |
high performance chromatography |
HT |
hydrolysable tannins |
LAB |
lactic acid bacteria |
MALDI-TOF MS |
matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
ME |
metabolizable energy |
MIC |
minimum inhibition concentration |
mMBM |
mammalian meat and bone meal |
MRSA |
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
MS |
mass spectrometry |
NDF |
neutral detergent fibre |
NFE |
nitrogen free extractive |
NIR |
near infrared reflectance spectroscopy |
NIV |
nivalenol |
NOAH |
National Office of Animal Health |
OM |
organic matter |
OP |
organophosphorus pesticides |
OTA |
Ochratoxin A |
PCBs |
polychlorinated biphenyls |
PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
PDA |
potato dextrose agar |
PEG |
polyethylene glycol |
PTS |
proficiency testing schemes |
SAC |
Scottish Agricultural College |
SCFA |
short cahin fatty acid |
SMCO |
S-methyl cysteine sulphoxide |
VAM |
Valid Analytical Measurement |
VFA |
volatile fatty acids |
TLC |
thin layer chromatography |
TSE |
transmissable spongiform encephalopathyes |
vCDJ |
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
VTEC |
Vero-Toxigenic Escherichia coli |
ZEN |
zearalenone |
WHO |
World Health Organization |