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Acronyms


AGA

Animal Production and Health Division, FAO

AHS

African horse sickness

ASF

African swine fever

BSE

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

BT

Bluetongue

CBPP

Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

CSF

Classical swine fever

DFID

Department for International Development

EMPRES

Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases

ENSO

El Niño southern oscillation

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FMD

Foot-and-mouth disease

GREP

Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme

HACCP

Hazard analysis critical control point

IBD(V)

Infectious bursal disease (virus)

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute

LDC

Less-developed country

LID

Livestock in Development

ND

Newcastle disease

NGO

Non-governmental organization

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OIE

Office International des Epizooties

PIHAM

Integrated Livestock Programme

PPR

Peste des petits ruminants

RT/PCR

Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

RVF

Rift Valley fever

SPS

Sanitary and phytosanitary standards of the WTO

SPFS

Special Programme for Food Security

TAD

Transboundary animal disease

VBD

Vector-borne disease

VFU

Veterinary field unit

VPH

Veterinary public health

WRL

World Reference Laboratory

WHO

World Health Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization


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