ADAS |
Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (although it is generally not referred to in its 'spelt-out' form) |
AI |
Artificial insemination |
BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
CVL |
Central Veterinary Laboratory |
DANI |
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland |
dcw |
Dead carcass weight |
Diluent |
A substance used to dilute something |
DVO |
Divisional Veterinary Officer |
EC |
European Communities (now referred to generally as EU) |
EEC |
European Economic Community (part of the original EC) |
Epizootic |
Of a disease, temporarily prevalent and widespread in an animal population |
EU |
European Union |
FSH |
Follicular Stimulating Hormone |
GAFTA |
Grain and Feed Trade Association |
Gonadotrophin |
Hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland, which controls the activities of the testes and ovaries |
Great Britain |
Official name of the island of Great Britain, which comprises England, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, but not of Great Britain |
Hydrolyse |
To break down (a compound) by chemical reactionwith water |
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
MBM |
Meat and bone meal |
MLC |
Meat and Livestock Commission |
NFU |
National Farmers' Union |
Oestrus |
The period in which a cow is receptive to a male |
OPs |
Organophosphates |
OTMS |
Over Thirty Months Scheme |
Pituitary |
The most important ductless, or endocrine, gland inthe body |
Progesterone |
A sex hormone which prepares the reproductive tract for pregnancy. It inhibits oestrus, and thus is used in breeding to manipulate the timing of oestrus activity |
Prostaglandins |
A group of hormone-like compounds which cause contraction of the uterus. They are used in veterinary practice for control of oestrus, or to induce abortionor parturition |
Rinderpest |
An infectious viral disease of cattle characterised by fever and dysentery |
SBO |
Specified Bovine Offal |
Scouring |
Diarrhoea in livestock |
SEAC |
Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee |
Serology |
Diagnostic examination of blood serum |
Superovulation |
The production of extra (mammal's) eggs, which can be induced by means of hormones |
SVS |
State Veterinary Service |
Systemic |
Of or relating to a system as a whole |
UKASTA |
UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association |
UKROFS |
UK Register of Organic Food Standards |
VICs |
Veterinary Investigation Centres |
VO |
Veterinary Officer |
