Glossary Flashcards
AA
Amino acid
AC
Activated charcoal
ADG
Average daily gain
AFR
Adverse food reaction
AGP
Antibiotic growth promoters
APVMA
Australian pesticides and veterinary medicines authority
ARGT
Annual ryegrass toxicosis
BCO
Bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis
BCS
Body condition score
BHBA
B-hydroxybutyrate
BUN
Blood urea nitrogen
BW
Body weight
CAFR
Cutaneous adverse food reaction
CCK
Cholecystokinin
CDS
Cognitive dysfunction syndrome
CF
Crude fibre
CFU
Colony-forming units
CKD
Chronic kidney disease
CLA
Conjugated linoleic acid
CM
Canola meal
CNS
Central nervous system
CP
Crude protein (= N content * 6.25)
CRP
C-reactive protein
CSM
Cottonseed meal
CT
Condensed tannins
DCAD
Dietary cation-anion difference
DCP
Dicalcium phosphate
DER
Daily energy requirement
DHA
Docosahexaenoic acid
DJD
Degenerative joint disease
DM
Dry matter
DMI
Dry matter intake
DOD
Developmental orthopaedic disease
DON
Deoxynivalenol
EAA
Essential amino acids
EFA
Essential fatty acids
EG
Early gestation
EPA
Eicosapentaenoic acid
ETEC
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
EU
European Union
FA
Fatty acids
FCE
Feed conversion efficiency
FI
Feed intake
FLHS
Fatty-liver haemorrhagic syndrome
FLKS
Fatty liver and kidney syndrome
FLUTD
Feline lower urinary tract disease
FPD
Foot pad dermatitis
FPS
Forage particle size
GABA
Gamma aminobutyric acid
GI
Gastrointestinal
GIT
Gastrointestinal tract
HPLC
High performance liquid chromatography
HT
Hydrolysable tannins
IF
Insoluble fibre
i/m
Intramuscular
IMF
Intramuscular fat
i/v
Intravenous
IVFT
Intravenous fluid therapy
LG
Late gestation
LH
Luteinising hormone
LI
Large intestine
MAPK
Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MER
Maintenance energy requirement
MOA
Mode of action
MSG
Monosodium glutamate
NEB
Negative energy balance
NEFA
Non-esterified fatty acids
NMD
Nutritional muscular dystrophy
NSP
Non-starch polysaccharides
n3 PUFA
Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid
NZ
New Zealand
OGU
Oesophago-gastric ulcers
OT
Ochratoxin
PA
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
PDS
Postpartum dysgalactica syndrome
PEM
Polioencephalomalacia
peNDF
Physically effective fibre
PH
Parathyroid hormone
PSM
Plant secondary metabolites
PUFA
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
PWC
Post-weaning colibacillosis
RBC
Red blood cells
RER
Resting energy requirement
RH
Relative humidity
RMBD
Raw meat-based diets
ROS
Reactive oxygen species
RR
Resistance rating (to pyrrolizidine alkaloid toxicosis)
RSS
Runting and stunting syndrome
SBM
Soybean meal
s/c
Subcutaneous
SDS
Sudden death syndrome
SDPP
Spray-dried plasma powder
SF
Soluble fibre
SI
Small intestine
SID
Standardised ideal digestible
SSE
Stratified squamous epithelium
STEC
Shiga-toxin-producing E. Coli
TCA
Tricarboxylic acid
TD
Tibial dyschondroplasia
TG
Triglycerides
TLC
Thin-layer chromatography
TMR
Total mixed rations
TOC
Turkey osteomyelitis complex
VFA
Volatile fatty acids
VFI
Voluntary feed intake
VLDL
Very low density lipoproteins
WMD
White muscle disease
ZON
Zearalenone