| AA | amino acid |
| ad lib | ad libitum, as much as desired |
| AGID | agar gel immunodiffusion |
| AI | artificial insemination |
| ALP | alkaline phosphatase |
| ASF | African swine fever |
| AST | aspartate aminotransferase |
| BHC | benzene hexachloride |
| BSE | bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| CFT | complement fixation test |
| CK | creatine kinase |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid or classical swine fever |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| DON | deoxynivalenol |
| DVM | Divisional Veterinary Manager |
| EDTA | ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FAT | fluorescent antibody test |
| FEC | faecal egg count |
| FMD | foot and mouth disease |
| GA | general anaesthetic |
| GGT | γ-glutamyltransferase |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| GLDH | glutamate dehydrogenase |
| GnRF/GnRH | gonadotrophin-releasing hormone |
| Hb | haemoglobin |
| IBR | inclusion body rhinitis |
| im | intramuscularly |
| ip | intraperitoneally |
| iv | intravenously |
| MCF | malignant catarrhal fever |
| MMA | mastitis, metritis, agalactia syndrome |
| NSAID | non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug |
| OBF | Officially Brucellosis Free |
| OIE | Office International des Epizooties |
| Ov-HV2 | ovine herpes type 2 virus |
| PCMV | porcine cytomegalovirus infection |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PCV | packed cell volume |
| PCV-2 | porcine circovirus type 2 |
| PDNS | porcine dermatitis and nephropathy syndrome |
| PE | proliferative enteropathy |
| PEARS | porcine epidemic abortion and respiratory syndrome |
| PED | porcine epidemic diarrhoea |
| PGF2α | prostaglandin F2α |
| PHE | proliferative haemorrhagic enteropathy |
| PIA | porcine intestinal adenomatosis complex |
| PME | post-mortem examination |
| PMSG | pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin |
| PMWS | post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome |
| po | per os, orally |
| PPV | porcine parvovirus |
| PRRS | porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome |
| PSS | porcine stress syndrome |
| RAPD PCR | random amplification of polymorphic DNA–PCR |
| RBC | red blood cell |
| RBPT | Rose Bengal plate test |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid |
| RT-PCR | reverse transcriptase PCR |
| SAC | South American camelid |
| sc | subcutaneously |
| SF | swine fever |
| SG | specific gravity |
| SIV | swine influenza virus |
| SMEDI | stillbirths, mummification, embryonic deaths and infertility |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SVD | swine vesicular disease |
| TAT | tetanus antiserum |
| TGE | transmissible gastroenteritis |
| TTV | torque teno virus |
| VO | Veterinary Officer |
| VTEC | verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli |
| WBC | white blood cell |
| WFSI | weaning to fertile service interval |
| WOI | weaning to oestrus interval |
