ACVO |
Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer |
AFRC |
Agriculture and Food Research Council |
AHD |
Animal Health Division (DANI) |
Ante-mortem |
Before slaughter |
BABs |
BSE cases in cattle Born After the ruminant feed Ban |
BBD |
Bovine Brain Disorder |
Bone greaves |
A product of the rendering process (after the extraction of tallow) which is further processed into meat and bone meal (MBM) |
BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
Cabinet |
The committee of senior Ministers with overall responsibility for government policy |
CAO |
Chief Agricultural Officer (Northern Ireland) |
CDSC |
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre |
CD(S)U |
Communicable Disease (Scotland) Unit |
CJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
CJDSU |
National CJD Surveillance Unit |
CMO |
Chief Medical Officer |
CSO |
Chief Scientific Officer |
CVL |
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, England |
CVO |
Chief Veterinary Officer |
DAFS |
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland (up to 1995; see SOAEFD) |
DANI |
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland |
DCMO |
Deputy Chief Medical Officer |
DCVO |
Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer |
DES |
Department of Education and Science (Whitehall; later called the Department for Education - DFE) |
DH (or DoH) |
Department of Health (Whitehall). This used to be called the DHSS, but was split into two separate Departments in 1988, the Department of Health and the Department of Social Security |
DHSS |
Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland (as opposed to the DHSS in Whitehall - see DH above) |
Distal ileum |
A part of the small intestine |
DVO |
Divisional Veterinary Office/Officer (Northern Ireland) |
EC |
European Community |
EHA |
Environmental Health Adviser |
EHO |
Environmental Health Officer |
ELISA |
Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay: a test to measure small amounts of protein in solution (superseding the CORTECS test) |
Enzootic |
Of a disease: regularly affecting animals in a particular district or at a particular season |
Epizootic |
Of a disease: temporarily prevalent and widespread in an animal population |
EU |
European Union |
GB |
Great Britain: that is, the island that comprises England, Scotland and Wales (see UK) |
Grades (Civil Service) |
Grade 1 - Permanent Secretary |
|
Grade 2 - Deputy Secretary |
|
Grade 3 - Under Secretary |
|
Grade 4 - Executive Director |
|
Grade 5 - Assistant Secretary |
|
Grade 6 - Senior Principal |
|
Grade 7 - Principal |
Great Britain |
See GB |
Greaves |
See Bone greaves |
HMI |
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools |
HPG |
Health Professionals Group (WOHD, Wales) |
HSE |
Health and Safety Executive |
LFA |
Less Favoured Area |
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
MBM |
Meat and bone meal |
MHS |
National Meat Hygiene Service, which took over meat hygiene inspections from local authorities on 1 April 1995 |
MP |
Member of Parliament |
MRM |
Mechanically recovered meat |
NHS |
National Health Service |
NI |
Northern Ireland |
NPU |
Neuropathogenesis Unit, Edinburgh |
OVS |
Official Veterinary Surgeon |
PHF |
Public Health and Family Division (WOHD, Wales) |
PHLS |
Public Health Laboratory Service |
PHPU |
Public Health Policy Unit (Scottish Office, SHHD) |
The Province |
Another term for Northern Ireland |
Q&A |
Question and Answer |
RCDLG |
Regional Communicable Disease Liaison Group (Northern Ireland) |
RFB |
Ruminant feed ban |
Richmond Committee |
The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food |
RVO |
Regional Veterinary Officer |
SAC |
Scottish Agricultural College |
SBO |
Specified Bovine Offal: brain, spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils and intestines |
SCIEH |
Scottish Centre for Infections and Environmental Health |
SEAC |
Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee, set up in response to a recommendation by the Tyrrell Committee (see below) |
SED |
Scottish Education Department |
SFMTA |
Scottish Federation of Meat Traders' Associations |
SHHD |
Scottish Home and Health Department |
SI |
Statutory Instrument |
SMO |
Senior Medical Officer |
SOAEFD |
Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department (from 1995; see DAFS) |
SODoH |
Scottish Office Department of Health |
SOHD |
Scottish Office Home Department |
SSERC |
Scottish Scientific Equipment Research Centre |
SVS |
State Veterinary Service |
TB |
Tuberculosis |
Tolworth |
Part of MAFF; location of the Animal Health Group and of the headquarters of the SVS |
TSE |
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy |
Tyrrell Committee |
Consultative Committee on Research, set up in 1989 to advise MAFF and DH on research into spongiform encephalopathies |
UFU |
Ulster Farmers' Union |
UK |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(see GB) |
UKASTA |
UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association |
UKRA |
UK Renderers' Association |
VAWO |
Veterinary Adviser to the Welsh Office |
vCJD |
New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (also known as nvCJD) |
VFS |
Veterinary Field Service |
VIC |
Veterinary Investigation Centre |
VIDA |
Veterinary Investigation Diagnostic Analysis |
VI Service |
Veterinary Investigation Service |
VRL |
Veterinary Research Laboratories (Northern Ireland) |
Westminster |
A metonym for the UK Government |
Whitehall |
A collective term for the major UK Government Departments |
WHO |
World Health Organisation |
WOAD |
Welsh Office Agriculture Department |
WOHD |
Welsh Office Health Department |
Zoonosis |
A disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals |
