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AGA |
FAO Animal Production and Health Division |
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AHCNENA |
Animal Health Commission for Near East and North Africa |
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AMU |
Arab Maghreb Union |
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AOAD |
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development |
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APHCA |
Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
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ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
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AST |
antimicrobial susceptibility testing |
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AU-IBAR |
African Union-Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources |
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BSE |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
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CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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CFT |
complement fixation test |
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CBPP |
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia |
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ECO |
European Cooperation Organisation |
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EDG |
electronic discussion group |
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ELISA |
Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay |
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EQAS |
External Quality Assurance System |
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ESNS |
FAO Food Safety and Quality Service |
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EU |
European Union |
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EU-FMD |
European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
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FMD |
food-and-mouth disease |
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FPA |
fluorescence polarization assay |
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GCC |
Arab Gulf Cooperation Council |
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GF-TADs |
Global Framework for the Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases |
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GLEWS |
Global Early Warning System |
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GPHIN |
Global Public Health Information Network |
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GOARN |
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network |
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GREP |
Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme |
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GSS |
Global Salm-Surv |
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HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (System) |
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HPAI |
highly pathogenic avian influenza |
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IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
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IICA |
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture |
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ITFDE |
International Task Force for Disease Eradication |
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MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals |
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MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market |
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MZCC |
Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Centre |
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MZCP |
Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Programme |
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OIE |
World Organization for Animal Health |
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OIRSA |
Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria |
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PAHO |
Pan-American Health Organization |
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PANAFTOSA |
Pan-American Foot and Mouth Disease Center |
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PCR |
polymerase chain reaction |
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SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
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SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
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SARS |
severe acute respiratory syndrome |
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SPS |
sanitary and phytosanitary |
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STEC |
Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli 0157 |
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TADs |
transboundary animal diseases |
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TCP |
Technical Cooperation Programme |
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VCIA |
veterinary critically important antimicrobial |
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VPH |
veterinary public health |
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VUH |
veterinary urban hygiene |
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WFS |
World Food Summit |
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WFS:fyl |
World Food Summit: five years later |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
