COMMON ABBREVIATIONS USED

IN THIS TERRESTRIAL MANUAL

ABTS
AGID
ATCC1
BBAT
BFK
BGPS
BHK
BLP
BPAT
BSA
BSF
CAM
CEF
CF
CFU
CIEP
CK
CNS
CPE
CPLM
CSY
DEPC
DEAE
DEPC
DMEM
DMSO
DTH
EDTA
EGTA
EID
ELISA
EMTM
EYL
FAT
FAVN

2,2-azino-di-(3-ethyl-benzthiazoline)-6sulphonic acid
Agar gel immunodiffusion
American type culture collection
Buffered Brucella antigen test
Bovine fetal kidney (cells)
Beef extract-glucose-peptone-serum
(medium)
Baby hamster kidney (cell line)
Buffered lactose peptone
Buffered plate antigen test
Bovine serum albumin
Bovine serum factors
Chorioallantoic membrane
Chicken embryo fibroblast
Complement fixation (test)
Colony-forming unit
Counter immunoelectrophoresis
Calf kidney (cells)
Central nervous system
Cytopathic effect
Cysteine-peptone-liver infusion maltose
(medium)
Casein-sucrose-yeast (agar)
Diethyl pyrocarbonate
Diethylaminoethyl
Diethylpyrocarbonate
Dulbeccos modified Eagles medium
Dimethyl sulphide
Delayed-type hypersensitivity
Ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid
Ethylene glycol tetra-acetic acid
Egg-infective dose
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Evans modified Tobies medium
Earles yeast lactalbumin (balanced salt
solution)
Fluorescent antibody test
Fluorescent antibody virus neutralisation

FBS

Fetal bovine serum

FITC
FLK

Fluorescein isothiocyanate
Fetal lamb kidney (cells)

FPA

Fluorescence polarisation assay

Relative centrifugal force

G
GIT
HA
HAD
HBSS
HEP
HEPES

Growth inhibition test

HI
HRPO
IB
ICFTU
ICPI
ID50
IFA
IHA
IPMA

Haemagglutination
Haemadsorption
Hanks balanced salt solution
High-egg-passage (virus)
N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine, N-2ethanesulphonic acid (buffer)
Haemagglutination inhibition
Horseradish peroxidase
Immunoblot test
International complement fixation test unit
Intracerebral pathogenicity index
Median infectious dose
Indirect fluorescent antibody (test)
Indirect haemagglutination
Immunoperoxidase monolayer assay

IU
IVPI
LA
LD
LEP
LPS
MAb
MAT
MCS
MDBK
MDT
MEM
MHC

International units
Intravenous pathogenicity index
Latex agglutination
Lethal dose
Low egg passage (virus)
Lipopolysaccharide
Monoclonal antibody
Microscopic agglutination test
Master cell stock
Madin-Darby bovine kidney (cell line)
Mean death time
Minimal essential medium
Major histocompatibility complex

MLV
m.o.i.

Modified live virus (vaccine)

multiplicity of infection

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Common abbreviations used in this Terrestrial Manual

MSV
NI
OGP
OPD
OPG
ORF
PAGE
PAP
PAS
PBS
PCR
PD
PFGE
PFU
PHA
PPD
PPLO
PRN
PSG

Master seed virus

Neutralisation index
1-octyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (buffer)
Orthophenyldiamine (chromogen)
Oxalase-phenol-glycerin (preservative
solution)
Open reading frame

RBC
RFLP
RK
RPM
RSA

Red blood cell

Restriction fragment length polymorphism
Rabbit kidney
Revolutions per minute
Rapid serum agglutination

RT-PCR

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Peroxidaseantiperoxidase (staining
procedure)
Periodic acid-Schiff (reaction)
Phosphate buffered saline
Polymerase chain reaction
Protective dose
Pulsed field gel electrophoresis
Plaque-forming unit
Passive haemagglutination (test)
Purified protein derivative
Pleuropneumonia-like organisms
Plaque reduction neutralisation
Phosphate buffered saline glucose

SAT
SDS

Reverse-transcription polymerase chain

reaction
Serum agglutination test
Sodium dodecyl sulphate

SPF
SPG
SRBC
TCID50
TMB
TSI
VB
VBS
Vero
VN

Specific pathogen free

Sucrose phosphate glutamic acid
Sheep red blood cells
Median tissue culture infective dose
Tetramethyl benzidine
Triple sugar iron (medium)
Veronal buffer
Veronal buffered saline
African green monkey kidney (cells)
Virus neutralisation

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