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  1. AA
    amino acid
  2. AAFC
    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  3. ACTH
    Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone
  4. ACUC-L
    Animal Care and Use Committee Livestock
  5. ADF
    Acid Detergent Fibre
  6. ADG
    Average Daily Gain
  7. ADH
    Anti-Diuretic Hormone
  8. AFAC
    Alberta Farm Animal Care
  9. AFC
    Agriculture and Food Council
  10. AFNS
    Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science
  11. AI
    • Artificial Insemination
    • Avian Influenza
  12. AI-Bio
    Alberta Innovates Biosolutions
  13. AIA
    Alberta Institute of Agrologists
  14. ALES
    Agriculture, Life, and Enviornmental Sciences
  15. ALF
    Animal Liberation Front
  16. ALMA
    Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency
  17. AME
    Apparent Metabolizable Energy
  18. AMP
    Alberta Milk Producers
  19. ANAC
    Animal Nutrition Association of Canada
  20. ARD
    Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
  21. BCA
    Breed Class Average
  22. BCS
    Body Condition Score
  23. BF
    Butterfat
  24. BMP
    Best Management Practices
  25. BMR
    Basal Metabolic Rate
  26. BSE
    Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
  27. BST
    Bovine Somatotrophin
  28. BW
    Body Weight
  29. CA
    Corpus Albicans
  30. CARC
    Canadian Agri-Food Research Council
  31. CCAC
    Canadian Council on Animal Care
  32. CCIA
    Canadian Cattle Identification Agency
  33. CCP
    Critical Control Point
  34. CF
    Crude Fibre
  35. CFC
    Chicken Farmers of Canada
  36. CFO
    Confined Feeding Operations
  37. CL
    Corpus Luteum
  38. CLA
    Conjugated Linoleic Acid
  39. CNS
    Central Nervous System
  40. COFFS
    Canadian On-Farm Food Safety Program
  41. CP
    Crude Protein
  42. DDGS
    Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles
  43. DE
    Digestible Energy
  44. DFD
    Dry, Firm, Dark (ie-condition of meat)
  45. DHI
    Dairy Herd Improvement
  46. DM
    Dry Matter
  47. DOA
    Dead on Arrival
  48. DY
    Double Yoked Egg
  49. EE
    Ether Extract
  50. EFA
    Egg Farmers Alberta
  51. ELISA
    Enzyme Linked Immudoadsorbent Assay
  52. EODES
    Erratic Oviposition and Defective Egg Syndrome
  53. ET
    Embryo Transfer
  54. FA
    Fatty Acid
  55. FCC
    Farm Credit Canada
  56. FCR
    Feed Conservation Rate
  57. FE
    Feed Efficiency
  58. FMD
    Foot and Mouth Disease
  59. FSH
    Follicle Stimulating Hormone
  60. GE
    Gross Energy
  61. GH
    Growth Hormone
  62. GIT
    Gastro-Intestinal Tract
  63. GnRH
    Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
  64. h2
    Heritability
  65. HACCP
    Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
  66. HCG
    Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
  67. HD
    Hen Day egg production
  68. HH
    Hen Housed egg production
  69. HIYT
    There's a Heifer In Your Tank
  70. Ig
    Immunoglobin
  71. IGF
    Insulin-like Growth Factor
  72. IM
    Intramuscular (ie.-injection)
  73. IP
    Intraperitoneal (ie.-injection)
  74. IQF
    Individually Quick Frozen
  75. IV
    Intravenous (ie.-injection)
  76. IVF
    In vitro fertilization
  77. JIT
    Justin in Time (production efficiency strategy)
  78. LCF
    Least Cost Formulation
  79. LDA
    Left-displaced Abomasum
  80. LH
    Luteinizing Hormone
  81. MAK
    Modified Atmosphere Killing
  82. ME
    Metabolizable Energy
  83. MEm
    ME Requirement for Maintenance
  84. MSQ
    Market Share Quota
  85. NDF
    Neutral Detergent Fibe
  86. NE
    Net Energy
  87. NEm
    Net Energy of Maintenance
  88. NEp
    Net Energy of Production
  89. NFE
    Nitrogen-Free Extract
  90. NSP
    Non-starch Polysaccharide
  91. OFFSAP
    On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program
  92. OIE
    World Orgainzation for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties)
  93. PETA
    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
  94. PG
    Prostaglandin
  95. PID
    Premises Identification
  96. PMSG
    Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin
  97. PMU
    Pregnant Mare Urine
  98. PSE
    Pale, Soft, Exudative (ie.-condition of meat)
  99. PSS
    Porcine Stress Syndrome
  100. RBC
    Red Blood Cell
  101. RFI
    Residual Feed Intake
  102. RH
    Relative Humidty
  103. RIA
    Radioimmunoassay
  104. RP
    • Rectal Prolapse
    • Retained Placenta
    • Retractor Penis Muscle
  105. RTE
    Ready To Eat
  106. SDS
    Sudden Death Syndrome (Flip Syndrome)
  107. SM5
    The five supply managed commodities in Canada (Milk, Chicken, Eggs, Turkey, and Broiler hatching eggs)
  108. SNP
    Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
  109. SPCA
    Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  110. SRM
    Specified Risk Materials
  111. T3
    Triiodothyronine
  112. T4
    Thyroxine
  113. TDN
    Total Digestible Nurtients
  114. TGE
    Transmissible GastroEnteritis
  115. TH
    Thyroid Hormone
  116. TMR
    Total Mixed Ration
  117. UCVM
    University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  118. USDA
    United States Department of Agriculture
  119. UVJ
    Utero-Vaginal Junction
  120. VFA
    Volatile Fatty Acids
  121. WCVM
    Western College of Veterinary Medicine
  122. WHO
    World Health Organization
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