Glossary

A

AB Antibiotic
Ab Antibody
ADG Average Daily Gain
ADWG Average Daily Weight Gain

B

BDV Border Disease Virus
B. Brachyspira
BVDV Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus

C

C. Campylobacter
cELISA competitive ELISA
Cl. Clostridium
CSF Classical Swine Fever

E

E. Escherichia
ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

F

FA Fluorescent Antibodies
FCR Feed Conversion Ratio
F/G Feed Conversion/Weight Gain
FITC Fluorescein Isothiocyanate

I

IFA Immunofluorescence Assay
IHC Immunohistochemistry
IPMA Immunoperoxidase Monolayer Assay

H

H&E stain Haematoxylin and Eosin stain L. intracellularis Lawsonia intracellularis

L

L. Lawsonia
Li Lawsonia intracellularis

M

mAb Maternal antibodies

N

ncc Non-Cross Contamination
NE Necrotic Enteritis
NIA Neutralisation Immunofluorescence Assay
No. Number
nPCR nested Polymerase Chain Reaction
NPE Necroproliferative Enteropathy

O

OD Optical Density

P

PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
PCV2 Porcine Circovirus type 2
PCV(A)D Porcine Circovirus (Associated) Diseases
PED Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea
PHE Porcine Hemorrhagic Enteritis
PI Percent Inhibition
PIA Porcine Intestinal Adenomatosis
PRRS Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome

Q

qPCR quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

R

RE Regional Enteritis
RT-PCR Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

S

S. Salmonella
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SPC Statistical Process Control
spp. Species

T

TGE Transmissible Gastroenteritis

U

UV Ultra-violet