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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS


ACIAR

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

ALOP

Appropriate Level of Protection

ALOR

Acceptable Level of Risk

AR

Attack Rate

BSE

Bovine Spongioform Encephalopathy

CA

Competent Authority

CCRF

Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries

CVO

Chief Veterinary Officer

DFO

Department of Fisheries and Oceans of Canada

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

EDTA

Ethylene Diamine Tetra-acetic Acid (Acetate)

EIFAC

European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission

ELISA

Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

EUS

Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FMD

Foot and Mouth Disease

FSW

Filtered Seawater

GAV

Gill Associated Virus

GMP

Good Management Practice

H&E

Haematoxylin and Eosin

ICES

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

1G4F

1 percent glutaraldehyde and 4 percent formaldehyde solution

IHC

Immunohistochemistry

IHHNV

Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus

IRA

Import Risk Analysis

ISH

in-situ hybridization

KHV

Koi herpes virus

MSX

Multi-nucleate sphere X

NACA

Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific

NC

National Coordinator (for aquatic animal health)

NHP

Necrotising Hepatopancreatitis

OIE

World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

PCR

Polymerase Chain Reaction

QA/QC

Quality Assurance/Quality Control

RD

Runt Deformity (IHHNV in shrimp)

RFLP

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism

RFTM

Ray Fluid’s Thioglycolate Medium

RNA

Ribonucleic Acid

RR

Relative Risk

RT-PCR

Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction

SARS

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SE

Sensitivity

SEM

Scanning Electron Microscopy

SP

Specificity

SSO

Seaside Organism

TEM

Transmission Electron Microscopy

TSV

Taura Syndrome Virus

VNN

Viral Nervous Necrosis

WGPDMO

Working Group on Pathology and Diseases of Marine Organisms

WSD

White Spot Disease

WTO

World Trade Organization

WTO-SPS Agreement

Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization

YHD

Yellowhead Disease

YHV

Yellowhead Virus


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