| AI |
Artificial Insemination |
| BHPS |
British Hedgehog Preservation
Society |
| BVA |
British Veterinary Association |
| CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
| CJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
| CLA |
Country Land and Business Association |
| CVO |
Chief Veterinary Officer |
| DEFRA |
Department for the Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs |
| DVO |
Divisional Veterinary Officer |
| EFRA |
Environment Food and Rural Affairs
(House of Commons Committee) |
| ELISA |
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| FMD |
Foot-and-Mouth Disease |
| FRS |
Fisheries Research Services (Scottish
Executive) |
| FSA |
Food Standards Agency |
| FWAG |
Farming and Wildlife Advisory
Group |
| Heifer |
A young cow |
| IBG |
Institute of British Geographers |
| ICES |
International Council for the
Exploration of the Sea |
| IFM |
Integrated Farm Management |
| ISG |
Independent Scientific Group
on Cattle TB |
| LEAF |
Linking Environment and Farming |
| MSP |
Member of the Scottish Parliament |
| NAHEMS |
National Animal Health Emergency
Management System (US) |
| NAO |
National Audit Office |
| NBA |
National Beef Association |
| NFU |
National Farmers Union |
| NFUS |
National Farmers Union of Scotland |
| NFWI |
National Federation of Women's
Institutes |
| NOAH |
National Office of Animal Health
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| NSP |
National
Scrapie Plan |
| NSP |
Non-structural protein |
| OIE |
Office International des Epizooties
(World Organisation for Animal Health) |
| OTMS |
Over Thirty Months Scheme |
| PANAFTOSA |
Centro Panamericano de Fiebre
Aftosa |
| RGS |
Royal Geographical Society |
| RSPB |
Royal Society for the Protection
of Birds |
| SAC |
Scottish Agricultural College |
| SGA |
Scottish Gamekeepers Association |
| Scotch Mule Ewe |
The product of a cross between
a Blueface Leicester ram and a Blackface ewe |
| SEAC |
Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory
Committee |
| SEPA |
Scottish Environment Protection
Agency |
| Shearling |
A male sheep between the ages
of 1 and 2 years that has not been castrated. |
| SLF |
Scottish Landowners Federation |
| SNH |
Scottish Natural Heritage |
| SVS |
State Veterinary Service |
| TB |
Tuberculosis |
| TSE |
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| Tup |
A ram |
| UBI |
United Biomedical Incorporated |
| vCJD |
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
| VIAA |
Virus Infection Associated Antigen |
| WWT |
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust |
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