| C |
i chemical symbol carbon |
|
ii cathode |
|
iii Celcius or Centigrade |
|
iv cervical |
|
v chest lead (ECG) |
|
vi clearance |
|
vii clonus |
|
viii closure |
|
ix coccygeal |
|
x coloboma |
|
xi complement |
|
xii contraction |
|
xiii cylinder |
| |
| C3 |
third component of complement |
| |
| C type virus |
oncoviruses, a type of retrovirus |
| |
| C value |
amount of DNA in the haploid genome
of a species |
| |
| CA |
i carbonic anhydrase |
|
ii cardiac arrest |
|
iii Cat Association-alternative to GCCF |
|
iv Consumer Association |
|
v Contagious agalactia |
|
vi controlled atmosphere |
| |
| C-A |
clavanulate-amoxycillin |
| |
| Ca |
i chemical symbol calcium |
|
ii University of Cambridge |
| |
| CAA |
i Centre for Animal Alternatives (Univ
of California-Davis) |
|
ii chicken anaemia agent (now CAV) |
| |
| CAAT |
Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing
(John Hopkins) |
| |
| Ca-EDTA |
calcium ethylenediamine tetra-acetic
acid |
| |
| Ca2+ |
calcium ions |
| |
| CAB |
Citizens Advice Bureau |
| |
| CABI |
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International
|
| |
| CABTG |
Companion Animal Behaviour Therapy Study
Group (BSAVA) |
| |
| CAC |
Codex Alimentarius Commission |
| |
| CADIA |
Centre for Animal Disease & Information
Analysis (USDA) |
| |
| CAE |
caprine arthritis - encephalitis |
| |
| CAEV |
caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus |
| |
| CAH |
chronic active heparitis |
| |
| CAHM |
Centre for Animal Health Monitoring
(USDA) |
| |
| CAHP |
Centre for Animal Health & Productivity
(Univ. of Pennsylvania) |
| |
| c.a.i. |
current annual increment |
| |
| Cal |
i kilocalorie |
|
ii University of Calcutta |
| |
| cal |
calorie |
| |
| CALAS |
Canadian Association for Laboratory
Animal Science |
| |
| CALD |
chronic active liver disease |
| |
| CAM |
i cell adhesion molecule |
|
ii chorioallantoic membrane |
| |
| CAMAL |
Cornell alternate-month accelerated
lambing season |
| |
| C-AMP |
cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| |
| CAMR |
Centre of Applied Microbiological Research
|
| |
| CAOP |
cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine,
prednisolone (protocol) |
| |
| CAP |
i catabolite gene activator protein |
|
ii chloroacetophenone (tear gas) |
|
iii Common Agricultural Policy |
| |
| CAPPDT |
Canadian Association of Professional
Pet Dog Trainers |
| |
| CaPPS |
calcium pentosan polysulphate |
| |
| CAPS |
Captive Animals Protection Society |
| |
| CAR |
congenital articular rigidity |
| |
| CARC |
Canadian Agri-Food Research Council |
| |
| CAST |
Council for Agricultural Science &
Technology |
| |
| CAT |
i cefoperazone, teicoplanin, amphoteracin
B (selective medium) |
|
ii cloramphenicol o-acetyltransferase |
|
iii computerized axial tomography |
| |
| CATS |
Credit Accumulation & Transfer System |
| |
| CAUZ |
Consortion of Aquariums, Universities
& Zoos |
| |
| CAV |
i canine adenovirus |
|
ii chicken anemia virus (replaces CAA) |
| |
| CAVLMZ |
Czech Small Animal Veterinary Association
Ceská asociáce veterinárnich lékarú
malych zvifat |
| |
| CAVM |
complementary & alternative veterinary
medicine |
| |
| CAVO |
Canadian Association of Veterinary Ophthalmology
|
| |
| CAWC |
Companion Animal Welfare Council |
| |
| CAWS |
Centre for Animal Welfare Studies |
| |
| CBA |
cat bite abscess |
| |
| CBAH |
Commonwealth Bureau of Animal Health
(UK) |
| |
| CBC |
i Cattle Breeding Centre |
|
ii complete blood count |
| |
| CBF |
cerebral blood flow |
| |
| CBG |
corticosteroid-binding globulin |
| |
| CBH |
cutaneous basophil hypersensitivity
|
| |
| CBiol FIBiol |
Chartered Biologist, Fellow of the Institute
of Biology |
| |
| CBiol MIBiol |
Chartered Biologist, Member of the Institute
of Biology |
| |
| CBP |
competitive protein binding |
| |
| CBPP |
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia |
| |
| CBRA |
California Biomedical Research Association |
| |
| CBSG |
Conservation Breeding Specialist Group |
| |
| CBZ |
carbimazole |
| |
| C/C |
cortisol/creatinine |
| |
| CC |
i chief complaint (medical records) |
|
ii chronic colitis |
| |
| cc |
cubic centimeter |
| |
| CCAC |
Canadian Council on Animal Care |
| |
| CCAMLR |
Convention for Conservation of the Antarctic
Marine Living Resources |
| |
| CCCF |
chronic congestive cardiac failure |
| |
| CCDC |
Consultant in Communicable Disease Control
(UK) |
| |
| CCE |
camel contagious ecthyma |
| |
| CCGP |
Codex Committee on General Principles
(UK) |
| |
| CChemFRSC |
Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry |
| |
| CChemMRSC |
Member of the Institute of Chemistry |
| |
| CCH |
canine cutaneous histiocytoma |
| |
| CCHF |
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic factor |
| |
| CCI |
Canine Companions for Independence |
| |
| CCID50 |
50% cell culture infectious dose |
| |
| CCJ |
costochondral junction |
| |
| CCK |
i cholecystokinin |
|
ii contagious conjunctivokeratitis |
| |
| CCL4 |
carbon tetrachloride |
| |
| CCM |
canine capacitation medium |
| |
| c.cm |
cubic centimeter |
| |
| ccms |
clean catch, midstream |
| |
| CCN |
i cerebrocortical necrosis |
|
ii Lomustine |
| |
| CCNU |
cyclohexylchoroethylnitrosurea (lomustine) |
| |
| CCPP |
contagious caprine pleuropneumonia |
| |
| CCRDVF |
Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary
Drugs in Foods (UK) |
| |
| CCS |
canine Cushing’s syndrome |
| |
| CCU |
critical care unit |
| |
| CCV |
canine coronavirus |
| |
| CCWHC |
Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health
Centre |
| |
| CD |
i canine distemper |
|
ii colostrum deprived |
|
iii compact disc |
|
iv controlled drug |
|
v curative dose |
| |
| C.D. |
Companion Dog (obedience trial first
level) |
| |
| CD50 |
median curative dose |
| |
| Cd |
i chemical symbol cadmium |
|
ii caudal |
| |
| cd |
candela (the SI unit of luminous intensity) |
| |
| CDAA |
allidochlor (amide herbicide) |
| |
| CDB |
Council of Docked Breeds |
| |
| CDBI |
Steering Committee on Bioethics of the
Council of Europe |
| |
| CDC |
Centres for Disease Control (agency
of US Dept of Health & Human Services) |
| |
| CDEC |
sulfallate (thiocarbamate herbicide) |
| |
| CDI |
central diabetes insipidus |
| |
| CDJ |
centrodistal joint |
| |
| CdK |
cyclin-dependent protein kinase |
| |
| CDM |
chronic degenerative myelopathy (also
CDRM) |
| |
| CDMN |
Clostridium difficile moxalactam norfloxacin
(selective medium) |
| |
| CDNA |
i complementary DNA |
|
ii copy DNA |
| |
| CDP |
cytidine diphosphate |
| |
| CDR |
complementary determining regions (of
an antibody) |
| |
| CDRM |
chronic degenerative radiculomyopathy
(also CDM) |
| |
| CD-ROM |
Compact Disk- Read Only Memory |
| |
| CDSC |
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
(PHLS) |
| |
| CDS method |
calibrated dichotomous sensitivity test |
| |
| CD(S)U |
Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit |
| |
| CDV |
canine distemper virus |
| |
| CDVD |
chronic degenerative valvular disease |
| |
| C.D.X. |
Companion Dog Excellent (obedience trial
second level) |
| |
| Cdyn |
dynamic compliance |
| |
| CE |
i cartilagenous exostosis |
|
ii cerebellum |
|
iii client education |
|
iv competitive exclusion |
|
v Continuing Education (US) |
| |
| Ce |
chemical symbol cerium |
| |
| CEA |
i carcinoembryonic antigen |
|
ii Collie Eye Anomoly |
|
iii [canine erythrocyte antigen now
replaced by DEA dog erythrocyte antigen] |
|
iv Commissariat à l’Energie
Atomique |
| |
| CEAH |
Centres for Epidemiology & Animal
Health (USDA) |
| |
| CEC |
cation exchange capacity |
| |
| CEEC |
Central & Eastern European Countries |
| |
| CEFAS |
Centre for Environment, Fisheries &
Aquaculture Sciences (UK) |
| |
| CEI |
Centre for Emerging Issues (USDA) |
| |
| CEID |
Centre for the Epidemology of Infectious
Disease (Univ of Oxford) |
| |
| CEL |
chick embryo liver |
| |
| CELISA |
competitive ELISA |
| |
| CELO |
chick embryo lethal virus |
| |
| CEM |
contagious equine metritis |
| |
| CEMAP |
compound evoked muscle action potential |
| |
| CEMO |
contagious equine metritis organism |
| |
| CEMP |
ecosystemic monitoring programme for
the CCAMLR |
| |
| CEPLIS |
European Council for the Liberal Professions
(Council European des Professions Liberales) (replaces SEPLIS) |
| |
| CEPSAF |
Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative
Small Animal Fatalities |
| |
| CERF |
Canine Eye Registration Foundation |
| |
| Cert BR |
Certificate in Bovine Reproduction |
| |
| CertCHP |
Certificate in Cattle Health & Production |
| |
| CertEM (Int Med) |
Certificate in Equine Medicine (Internal
Medicine) |
| |
| CertEM (Stud Med) |
Certificate in Equine Medicine (Stud
Medicine) |
| |
| CertEMS |
Certificate in Equine Stud Medicine |
| |
| CertEP |
Certificate in Equine Practice |
| |
| CertES (Orth) |
Certificate in Equine Surgery (Orthopaedics) |
| |
| CertES (Soft Tissue) |
Certificate in Equine Surgery (Soft
Tissue) |
| |
| Cert FHP |
Certificate in Fish Health & Production |
| |
| CertLAS |
Certificate in Laboratory Animal Science |
| |
| CertPM |
Certificate in Pig Medicine |
| |
| CertPMP |
Certificate in Poultry Medicine &
Production |
| |
| CertSAC |
Certificate in Small Animal Cardiology |
| |
| CertSAD |
Certificate in Small Animal Dermatology |
| |
| CertSAM |
Certificate in Small Animal Medicine |
| |
| CertSAO |
Certificate in Small Animal Orthopaedics |
| |
| CertSAS |
Certificate in Small Animal Surgery |
| |
| CertSVM |
Certificate in State Veterinary Medicine |
| |
| CertVA |
Certificate in Veterinary Anaesthesia |
| |
| CertVC |
Certificate in Veterinary Cardiology |
| |
| CertVD |
Certificate in Veterinary Dermatology
|
| |
| CertVOphthal |
Certificate in Veterinary Ophthalmology |
| |
| CertVPH |
Certificate in Veterinary Public Health
(Meat Hygiene) |
| |
| CertVR |
Certificate in Veterinary Radiology |
| |
| CertVRep |
Certificate in Veterinary Reproduction
|
| |
| CertWEL |
Certificate in Animal Welfare Science,
Ethics & Law |
| |
| CertZoo Med |
Certificate in Zoological Medicine |
| |
| CERVA |
National Centre for Veterinary and Agrochemichal
Studies
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Vétérinaires
et Agrochimiques |
| |
| CEVEO |
East-West Veterinary Cooperation and
Exchange (France)
Coopération et Echanges Vétérinaires
Est-Ouest |
| |
| CF |
i chronicity factor |
|
ii citrovorum factor |
|
iii colostrum fed |
|
iv complement fixation |
|
v crude fibre |
| |
| Cf |
chemical symbol californium |
| |
| CFA |
Cat Fanciers Association |
| |
| CFAMV |
French Committee of the World Veterinary
Association
Comite Francais de l’Association Mondiale Vétérinaire |
| |
| C-F-C |
cetrimide, fucidin, cephaloridine (selective
medium) |
| |
| CFIA |
Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
| |
| CFKG |
cost of feed per kg gained in fattening |
| |
| CFMV |
Conselho Federal de Medicina Veterinaria
(Brazil) |
| |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations (USA) |
| |
| CFSAN |
Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
(FDA) |
| |
| CFT |
complement fixation test |
| |
| CFU/cfu |
colony forming unit |
| |
| cg |
centigram |
| |
| CGCVE |
General Council of Veterinarians of
Spain
Consejo General de Colegios Veterinarios de Espagna |
| |
| CGH |
comparative genomic hybridization |
| |
| CGIL |
Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock
(Univ. of Guelph) |
| |
| cGR |
cyclic granosine monophosphate |
| |
| CGR |
crop growth rate |
| |
| CGS |
chronic grass sickness |
| |
| CGS,cgs |
centimetre gram second |
| |
| CGT |
capital gains tax |
| |
| cGy |
0.01 Gray (=1 rad(superceded)) |
| |
| Ch. |
Champion (dog titles) |
| |
| CH50 |
dose of complement which lyses 50% of
a red cell suspension |
| |
| CHAB |
Centre for the Human Animal Bond (School
of Vet. Med.-Purdue) |
| |
| CHAC |
Carriage Horse Action League (USA) |
| |
| CHATA |
Children in Hospital and Animal Therapy
Association |
| |
| CHC |
i Canine Health Concern
ii congenital hereditary cataract |
| |
| CHCI |
Chimpanzee & Human Communication
Institute |
| |
| CHeCS |
Cattle Health Certification Standards |
| |
| CHF |
congestive heart failure |
| |
| CHILL |
Consortium of Health Independent Libraries
in London |
| |
| CHO |
carbohydrate |
| |
| CHP |
Coonhound paralysis |
| |
| CHPG |
chronic hypertrophic pyloric gastropathy |
| |
| CHR |
i canine hypoxic rhabomyolysis
ii circarienhullenreaktion (test) |
| |
| CHS |
Czech Hippiatric Association
Ceská hipiatrická spolecnost |
| |
| CHSE214 |
chinook salmon embryo cell line 214 |
| |
| CHSMG |
Canine Health Schemes Management Group
(BVA) |
| |
| CHV |
i canine herpesvirus |
|
ii caprine herpesvirus |
|
iii Chamber of Hungarian Veterinarians
|
| |
| CI |
i confidence interval |
|
ii contraindications |
| |
| Ci |
curie (superceded by SI unit becquerel) |
| |
| CI 634 |
tiletamine (anaesthetic agent) |
| |
| CIA |
i Chemical Industries Association |
|
ii colony inhibiting activity |
| |
| cib |
food (L.cibus); prescriptions post.cib
= after meals |
| |
| CIBD |
chronic inflammatory bowel disease |
| |
| CIC |
circulating immune complexes |
| |
| CICC |
Analysis and Quality Control Centre
(Spain)
Centro de Investigación y Control de Calidad |
| |
| CID |
i combined immune deficiency |
|
ii cytomegalic inclusion body disease |
| |
| CIDR |
controlled internal drug release |
| |
| CIE |
counter immunoelectrophoresis |
| |
| CieBDVZO |
Committee for Furtherance of Veterinary
and Comparative Pathological Research (Netherlands)
Commissie Bevordering Diegeneeskundig en Vergelijkend Ziektegundig
Onderzoek |
| |
| CIEH |
Chartered Institute of Environmental
Health (previously IEHO) |
| |
| CIEP |
counter-current immunoelectrophoresis |
| |
| CIF |
clone inhibiting factor |
| |
| CIIT |
Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology |
| |
| CIN |
i cefsulodine-Irgosin-novobiocin |
|
ii chronic interstitial nephritis |
| |
| CIP |
canine idiopathic polyarthritides |
| |
| CIRAD-EMVT |
Centre for international cooperation
in agronomic research & development. Livestock of veterinary
Medicine department (France)
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique
pour le développement- département d'élevage
et de médecine vétérinaire |
| |
| CISA |
Animal Health Research Centre (Spain)
Centro de investigacion en sanidad animal |
| |
| CISAB |
Centre for the International Study of
Animal Behaviour |
| |
| CisDDP |
Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum |
| |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species |
| |
| CIWF |
Compassion in World Farming |
| |
| CJD |
Creutzfeld- Jacob Disease |
| |
| CJLD |
congenital joint laxity + dwarfism |
| |
| CK |
creatine kinase |
| |
| Cke |
i Continental Kennel Club |
|
ii cost per kg of carcase |
| |
| CKCS |
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel |
| |
| CKG |
cost per kg gained in fattening |
| |
| C/kg |
coulombs per kg (1C/kg=3876 roentgen) |
| |
| Cl |
chemical symbol chlorine |
| |
| CL |
i compliance (lung)/lung compliance |
|
ii confidence limit |
|
iii corpus luteum |
| |
| cl |
centilitre |
| |
| CLA |
i caseous lymphadenitis |
|
ii Country Landowners Association |
| |
| CLAD |
canine leucocyte adhesion deficiency |
| |
| CLD |
Clydesdale (breed of horse) |
| |
| CLDX |
Clydesdale cross (breed of horse) |
| |
| CLE |
cutaneous lupus erythematosus |
| |
| CLED |
cystine- lactose-elecrolyte deficient
(selective medium) |
| |
| CLIP |
corticotropin-like intermediary peptide |
| |
| CLIVE |
Computer Aided Learning in Veterinary
Education |
| |
| CLL |
chronic lymphocytic leukaemia |
| |
| CLP |
Clean Livestock Policy |
| |
| CLT |
total lung-thorax compliance |
| |
| Cm |
chemical symbol curium |
| |
| cM |
centimorgan |
| |
| cm |
i castrated male |
|
ii centimetre |
| |
| cm² |
square centimetre |
| |
| cm³ |
cubic centimeter |
| |
| CMA |
corn meal agar |
| |
| CME |
canine monocytic erlichiosis |
| |
| CMG |
cystometrogram |
| |
| cmH20 |
centimetre of water |
| |
| CMI |
cell mediated immunity |
| |
| CMKG |
cost of medication per kg gained in
fattening |
| |
| CML |
cell medicated lymphocytes |
| |
| CMM |
cervical malformation & malarticulation
|
| |
| c.mm. |
cubic millimetre |
| |
| CMO |
Chief Medical Officer |
| |
| CMP |
cytodyne monophosphate |
| |
| CMS |
i cardiomyopathy syndrome (salmon) |
|
ii cytoplasmic male sterility |
| |
| CMT |
California mastitis test |
| |
| CMV |
cytomegalovirus |
| |
| CN |
i cetrimide, sodium nalidixate (selective
medium) |
|
ii cranial nerve |
| |
| CN1 |
olfactory nerve |
| |
| CN2 |
optic nerve |
| |
| CM3 |
oculomotor nerve |
| |
| CN4 |
trochlear nerve |
| |
| CN5 |
trigeminal nerve |
| |
| CN6 |
abducens nerve |
| |
| CN7 |
facial nerve |
| |
| CN8 |
vestibulocochlear nerve |
| |
| CN9 |
glossopharyngeal nerve |
| |
| CN10 |
vagus nerve |
| |
| CN11 |
accessory nerve |
| |
| CN12 |
hypoglossal nerve |
| |
| CNAAR |
Centre for North American Amphibians
&Reptiles |
| |
| CNEVA |
National Centre of Veterinary Research
(France)
Centre National d’Études Vétérinaires
et Alimentaires (obsolete -is now AFSSA) |
| |
| CNF |
cytotoxic necrotising factors |
| |
| CNITV |
Centre National d’Informations
Toxicologiques Vétérinaire |
| |
| CNPA |
French Council of Animal Protection
Conseil National de la Protection Animale |
| |
| CNS |
i central nervous system |
|
ii coagulase- negative Staphylococci |
| |
| CNVSPA |
French Association of Small Animal Specialised
Veterinarians
Conférence Nationale des Vétérinaire
Spécialises en Petits Animaux |
| |
| CO |
i cardiac output |
|
ii cumulus oophorus |
| |
| Co |
i chemical symbol cobalt |
|
ii University of Cordoba |
| |
| CoA |
coenzyme A |
| |
| COAD |
chronic obstructive airways disease |
| |
| COAP |
cyclophosphamide, vincristine, cytosine
arabinose, prednisolone (protocol) |
| |
| COB |
Columbia blood agar |
| |
