Abomasum |
The fourth stomach of a ruminant |
ACDP |
Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens |
ACVO |
Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer |
ADAS |
Agricultural Development Advisory Service |
AHC |
Animal Health Circular |
AHO |
Animal Health Officer |
AHVG |
Animal Health and Veterinary Group |
ALARP |
As Low As Reasonably Practical |
AMA |
Association of Metropolitan Authorities |
AMI |
Authorised Meat Inspector |
BABs |
Cattle that are verified as having been Born After the ruminant feed Ban on 18 July 1988 and that are confirmed to be BSE positive |
BMMA |
British Meat Manufacturers' Association |
BRC |
British Retail Consortium |
BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
BVA |
British Veterinary Association |
Cauda equina |
Where the spinal cord terminates in the sacreal and coccygeal regions and splits into a large number of nerve fibres |
CDTFZ |
Cross-Divisional Task Force on Zoonoses |
CEHO |
Chief Environmental Health Officer |
CEO |
Chief Education Officer |
CIEH |
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health |
CJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
CJDSU |
CJD Surveillance Unit |
CMO |
Chief Medical Officer |
CNS |
Central nervous system |
COSHH |
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations |
CSM |
Committee on Safety of Medicines |
CTC |
City Technology College |
CVL |
Central Veterinary Laboratory |
CVO |
Chief Veterinary Officer |
DAFS |
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland |
DANI |
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland |
Dead-end host |
An infectious host which is incapable of, or prevented from, passing the infection to another host |
DES |
Department of Education and Science |
DfE/DfEE |
Department of Education/ and Employment |
DH |
Department of Health |
DHSS |
Department of Health and Social Security (until 1988) |
DOE |
Department of the Environment |
Distal ileum |
A part of the small intestine |
Dorsal root ganglia |
Swellings on the dorsal roots of spinal nerves |
DTI |
Department of Trade and Industry |
Dura mater |
The outermost and strongest of the three membranes of meninges which envelop the brain and spinal cord |
DVO |
Divisional Veterinary Officer |
EA |
Environmental Agency |
EHD |
Environmental Health Department |
EHO |
Environmental Health Officer |
EMA |
Employment Medical Advisers |
FSE |
Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy |
FUW |
Farmers' Union of Wales |
GM |
Grant-maintained (school) |
Greaves |
A product of the rendering process after extraction of tallow |
GSS |
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome, a rare familial SE |
HACCP principles |
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point; a structured approach to assessing potential hazards in an operation |
HAS |
Hygiene Assessment System |
HAT |
Hygiene Advice Team of Meat Hygiene Service |
Histopathology |
The study of microscopic changes in diseased tissues |
HMIP |
Her Majesty's Inspector of Pollution |
HSC |
Health and Safety Committee (of HSE) |
HSE |
Health and Safety Executive |
IEHO |
Institution of Environmental Health Officers |
IAC |
Implement Advisory Committee |
IAH |
Institute of Animal Health |
Iatrogenesis |
Any adverse mental or physical condition induced in a patient through the effects of treatment by a physician or surgeon |
Inset |
A set of instructions issued by MAFF to the SVS |
ISJC |
Independent Schools Joint Council |
IPC |
Integrated Pollution Control |
Kuru |
A human SE, found in the Fore people in New Guinea who ate organs including brains of dead relatives |
LA |
Local Authority |
LACA |
Local Authorities Catering Association |
LACOTS |
Local Authorities Co-ordinating body on Food and Trading Standards |
Lamming Committee |
Expert Group on Animal Feedingstuffs |
LEA |
Local Education Authority |
LRS |
Lymphoreticular system. Also known as the lymphatic system. The tissues and organs which produce and store cells that fight infection, and the network of vessels that carry lymph |
LVI |
Local Veterinary Inspector |
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
MBM |
Meat and bone meal |
MCD Division |
Microbiological and Communicable Diseases Division |
MHI |
Meat Hygiene Inspector |
MHS |
Meat Hygiene Service |
MILG |
Meat Industry Liaison Group |
MISC 138 |
Ministerial group dealing with food safety |
MLC |
Meat and Livestock Commission |
MOD |
Ministry of Defence |
MRC |
Medical Research Council |
MRM |
Mechanically recovered meat |
National Animal Health Panel |
(now National Animal Health and Welfare Panel) is constituted by various experts from nominated geographical regions as well as representatives from local authorities and MAFF |
NCBA |
National Cattle Breeders Association |
NFU |
National Farmers' Union |
NIG |
National Interest Group |
NPU |
Neuropathogenesis Unit |
NRA |
National Rivers Authority |
OFSTED |
Office of Standards in Education |
Omasum |
The third stomach of a ruminant |
OTMS |
Over Thirty Months Scheme |
OVS |
Official Veterinary Surgeon |
Pathogenesis |
The manner of development of a disease |
PES |
Public Expenditure Survey |
Peyer's patches |
An aggregation of lymph nodules found in sheep and cattle, chiefly in the ileum near its junction with the colon |
PMO |
Principal Medical Officer |
QMLA |
Quality Meat and Livestock Alliance |
Prion protein (PrP) |
Protease-resistant membrane protein, also known as PrP: a normal host-coded protein that becomes protease-resistant in infected tissue |
Reticulum |
The second stomach of a ruminant |
RMHA |
Regional Meat Hygiene Adviser |
Rumen |
The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
RVO |
Regional Veterinary Officer |
SBO |
Specified Bovine Offal |
SBM |
Specified Bovine Material |
ScVC |
Scientific Veterinary Committee |
SE |
Spongiform Encephalopathy |
SEAC |
Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee |
SED |
Scottish Education Department |
SHHD |
Scottish Home and Health Department |
SMHA |
Superintending Meat Hygiene Adviser |
SMHI |
Senior Meat Hygiene Inspector |
SMO |
Senior Medical Officer |
SOAEFD |
Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department |
Spleen |
An organ of the lymphoreticular system. A major site of replication of the transmissible spongiform agents |
Subclinical state |
When a disease has not progressed far enough to show clear signs and symptoms |
SVIO |
Senior Veterinary Investigation Officer |
SVO |
Senior Veterinary Officer |
SVS |
State Veterinary Service |
TB |
Tuberculosis, a bacterial infection |
Thymus gland |
A lymphoid organ situated towards the front the chest area, the thymus produces T-cells for the immune response |
Titre |
A measure of concentration of a substance (in this Report, of an infectious agent) in a solution |
Tolworth (Surrey) |
Part of MAFF; location of Animal Health Group and headquarters of State Veterinary Service |
TSE |
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy |
UKASTA |
UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association |
Ungulate |
Any hoofed animal |
UKRA |
United Kingdom Renderers' Association |
vCJD |
new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
VFS |
Veterinary Field Service |
VIC |
Veterinary Investigation Centre |
VIO |
Veterinary Investigation Officer |
VO |
Veterinary Officer |
WFU |
Women's Farming Union |
WO |
Welsh Office |
WOAD |
Welsh Office Agricultural Department |
Zoonosis |
An animal disease which can be transmitted to humans |
