Appendix 2 - List of Abbreviations
AB Antibiotic
ADWG Average Daily Weight Gain
BDV Border Disease Virus
BVDV Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus
cELISA competitive ELISA
CSF Classical Swine Fever
ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
EVD Epidemic Virus Diarrhoea
FA Fluorescent Antibodies
FCR Feed Conversion Ratio
F/G Feed Conversion/Weight Gain
FITC Fluorescein Isothiocyanate
IFA Immunofluorescence Assay
IHC Immunohistochemistry
IPMA Immunoperoxidase Monolayer Assay
H&E stain Haematoxylin and Eosin stain
L. intracellularisLawsonia intracellularis
ncc Non-Cross Contamination
NIA Neutralisation Immunofluorescence Assay
NO. Number
nPCR nested Polymerase Chain Reaction
NPE Necroproliferative Enteropathy
OD Optical Density
PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
PHE Porcine Hemorrhagic Enteritis
PI Percent Inhibition
PIA Porcine Intestinal Adenomatosis
PRRS Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome
RE Regional Enteritis
RT-PCR Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SPC Statistical Process Control
Spp Species
TGE Transmissible Gastroenteritis
UV Ultra Violet
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