INDEX OF ABBREVIATIONS
(v) = virus
Ab antibody
AEI acetylethylene-imine
Ag antigen
AGDP agar gel diffusion precipitation
AHS(V) African horse sickness
ALV avian leucosis virus
ASF(V) African swine fever
BD(V) border disease
BHK baby hamster kidney
BHMV bovine herpes mammillitis virus
BHV bovine herpes virus
BL(V) bovine leucosis virus
BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy
BPL beta propiolactone
BPV bovine papilloma virus
BuDR bromodeoxyuridine
BT bovine testis
BT(V) blue tongue virus
BVD(V) bovine viral diarrohoea
CAM chorioallantoic membrane
CAV canine adenovirus
CDV canine distemper
CF(T) complement fixation (test)
CIE counter immuno electrophoresis
CNS central nervous system
CP(V) canine parvovirus
CPE cytopathic effect
CVL Central Veterinary Laboratory, at Weybridge, Surrey
ds double stranded
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DVH duck viral hepatitis
DVO divisional vet.officer
EBL enzootic bovine leucosis
EBV Epstein-Barr virus
EDS egg drop syndrome
EEE(V) eastern equine encephalomyelitis
EEI ethylethylene-imine
EHV equine herpes virus
EIA(V) equine infectious anaemia
ELISA enzyme linked immuno absorbent assay
F fusion
FCV feline calicivirus
FeLV feline leukaemia virus
FIP feline infectious peritonitis
FMD(V) foot and mouth disease
FP fowl plague
FVR feline viral rhinotracheitis
H haemagglutinin
HA(U) haemagglutination (units)
HEV haemagglutinating encephalitis virus
HI haemagglutination inhibition
HSV herpes simplex virus
HVT herpesvirus of turkeys
IAH Institute for Animal Health (Biological
and biotechnology research council core-funded institutes
which also
get much MAFF funding , eg Pirbright for exotic viruses, Compton for endemic viruses and
bacteria,
Moredun for
infectious neurological disease-eg TSE and louping ill )
i.b. inclusion body
IB(V) infectious bronchitis
IBDV infectious bursal disease virus
IBR(V) infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
i.c. intra cerebral or intracytoplasmic
ICH infectious canine hepatitis
ID immunodiffusion
(I)IF (indirect) immunofluorescence
IFN interferon
IHNV infectious haemorrhagic necrosis virus
(I)IP (indirect) immunoperoxidase
ILT(V) infectious laryngotracheitis
i.n. intranasal
i.p. intraperitoneal
IPNV infectious pancreatic necrosis virus
Iscom immuno stimulating complex
IUDr idoxuridine, thymidine ,antiviral
IPMA immunoperoxidase monolayer assay
LN lymph node
LPD lympho proliferative disease
LSD lumpy skin disease
Mab, mAb monoclonal antibody
MCF(V) malignant catarrhal fever virus
MD(V) mucosal disease or Marek’s disease
MHC major histocompatibility complex
MHV mouse hepatitis virus
MK monkey kidney
N neuraminidase
NA nucleic acid
NDV Newcastle disease virus
NI neuraminidase inhibition
NK natural killer
NP nucleoprotein
PCMV porcine cytomegalovirus
PI parainfluenza
PK pig kidney
pme post mortem examination
PMN polymorphic nuclear cell
PPV porcine parvovirus
PRRS porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome
PSV pseudorabies
RE reticuloendothelial or restriction endonuclease
REV reticuloendotheliosis virus
RIA radioimmunoassay
RNA ribonucleic acid
RSV respiratory syncytial virus orRous sarcoma virus
SF(V) swine fever
SMEDI still birth, mummification, embryonic death, Infertility
SPF specific pathogen free
SVD(V) swine vesicular disease
ss single stranded
SV40 simian virus 40
TCID 50 tissue culture infectious dose (50% thereof)
TGE transmissible gastroenteritis
TK thymidine kinase
TSE transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
VEE Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
VE(V) vesicular exanthema
VIC Veterinary investigation Centre
VLA Veterinary laboratories agency, (CVL and VIC’s)
VM(V) visna-maedi
VN virus neutralization
VP viral protein
VSV vesicular stomatitis virus
WEE western equine encephalomyelitis
WI Wistar institute