| E0 |
glycoprotein (ref BVDV)
with no membrane anchor |
| |
| E1S |
oestrone sulphate |
| |
| E2 |
envelope glycoprotein (re BVDV) |
| |
| EA |
Environment Agency |
| |
| EAAP |
European Association for Animal Production |
| |
| EACE |
enteroadherent E.coli |
| |
| EAE |
i enzootic abortion of ewes |
|
ii experimental allergic encephalomyelitis |
| |
| EAEVE |
European Association of Establishments
for Veterinary Education |
| |
| EAFP |
European Association of Fish Pathologists |
| |
| EAHIL |
European Association of Health Information
& Libraries |
| |
| EAN |
i European Academic Network (computer) |
|
ii experimental allergic neuritis |
| |
| EASVO |
European Association of State Veterinary
Officers |
| |
| EATRO |
East African Trypanosomiasis Research
Organisation |
| |
| EAVDI |
European Association of Veterinary Diagnostic
Imaging (BSAVA) |
| |
| EAVE |
i European Association of Establishments
for Veterinary Education |
|
ii European Association of Veterinary
Editors |
| |
| EAVPT |
European Association for Veterinary
Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| |
| EAVRO |
East African Veterinary Research Organisation |
| |
| EAVS |
European Association for Veterinary
Specialisation |
| |
| EAZA |
European Association of Zoos & Aquaria
|
| |
| EAZWV |
European Association of Zoo & Wildlife
Veterinarians |
| |
| EBA |
epizootic bovine abortion |
| |
| EBHS |
European brown hare syndrome |
| |
| EBL |
i enzootic bovine leukosis |
|
ii European bat lyssavirus |
| |
| EBRA |
European Biomedical Research Association |
| |
| EBTr |
embryonic bovine trachea cells |
| |
| EBV |
estimated breeding value |
| |
| EBVM |
evidence-based veterinary medicine (RCVS) |
| |
| EBVS |
European Board for Veterinary Specialisation
|
| |
| E & C |
euthanasia & cremation |
| |
| EC |
i European Commission |
|
ii European Community |
| |
| e.c. |
emulsifiable concentrate |
| |
| ECAMS |
European College of Avian Medicine &
Surgery |
| |
| ECAR |
European College for Animal Reproduction
|
| |
| ECF |
extracellular fluid |
| |
| ECF-A |
eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis |
| |
| ECFV |
extracellular fluid volume |
| |
| ECFVG |
Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary
Graduates |
| |
| ECG |
electrocardiogram |
| |
| eCG |
equine chorionic gonadotrophin (was
PMSG) |
| |
| ECJ |
European Court of Justice |
| |
| ECL |
enterochromaffin-like |
| |
| ECLAIR |
European Collaborative Linkage of Agriculture
& Industry through Research |
| |
| ECLAM |
European College of Laboratory Animal
Medicine |
| |
| ECOPFA |
European Conference Group on the Protection
of Farm Animals |
| |
| ECOSOC |
Economic & Social Committee (BSAVA) |
| |
| ECP |
oestradiol cipionate |
| |
| ECSU |
extracorporeal circulatory support unit
|
| |
| ECT |
emission-computerised tomography |
| |
| ECU |
European Currency Unit |
| |
| ECVA |
i Eastern Counties Veterinary Association
(BVA) |
|
ii European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia |
| |
| ECVAM |
European Centre for the Validation of
Alternative Methods |
| |
| ECVCN |
European College of Veterinary &
Comparative Nutrition |
| |
| ECVD |
European College of Veterinary Dermatology |
| |
| ECVDI |
European College of Veterinary Diagnostic
Imaging |
| |
| ECVH |
European Coalition on Veterinary Homeopathy |
| |
| ECVIM-CA |
European College of Veterinary Internal
Medicine-Companion Animals |
| |
| ECVN |
European College of Veterinary Neurology |
| |
| ECVO |
European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists |
| |
| ECVP |
European College of Veterinary Pathologists
|
| |
| ECVPH-PM-FS |
European College for Veterinary Public
Health, Population Medicine & Food Science |
| |
| ECVPT |
European College for Veterinary Pharmacology
& Toxicology |
| |
| ECVS |
European College for Veterinary Surgeons
|
| |
| ECVT |
European College for Veterinary Toxicology
|
| |
| ED |
i elbow dysplasia |
|
ii embryonic death |
| |
| E&D |
euthanasia & disposal |
| |
| Ed |
University of Edinburgh: Royal (Dick)
School of Veterinary Studies |
| |
| ED50 |
median effective dose |
| |
| EDB |
ethylene dibromide (grain fumigant) |
| |
| EDC |
early developing cataracts |
| |
| EDDI |
ethylenc diamine dihydroiodide |
| |
| EDIM |
epizootic diarrhoea of infant mice |
| |
| EDP |
i edema disease principle |
|
ii electronic data processing |
| |
| EDRF |
endothelium-derived relaxing factor |
| |
| EDS |
egg drop syndrome |
| |
| EDT |
equine dental technician |
| |
| EDTA |
ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid |
| |
| EE |
i equine encephalomyelitis |
|
ii ether extract |
| |
| EEA |
i European Economic area |
|
ii European Environment Agency |
| |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| |
| EEE |
eastern equine encephalomyelitis |
| |
| EEG |
electroencephalogram, electroencephalography |
| |
| EELA |
National Veterinary and Food Research
Institute (Finland)
Eläinlääkintä- ja elintarvikelaitos |
| |
| EENT |
ear-eye-nose-throat |
| |
| EETA |
European Embryo Transfer Association |
| |
| EF |
i ejection faction |
|
ii elongation factor |
|
iii extracellular factor (protein) |
| |
| EF-4 |
eugonic fermenter –4 |
| |
| EFA |
i essential fatty acid |
|
ii European Food Authority |
| |
| EFF |
Elokomin fluke factor |
| |
| EFP |
equine factor protein |
| |
| EFPIA |
European Federation of Pharmaceutical
Industries’ Associations |
| |
| EFT |
emotional freedom technique |
| |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
| |
| EG |
ethylene glycol |
| |
| EGD |
oesophagogastroduodenoscopy |
| |
| EGE |
equine granular erlichiosis |
| |
| EGR |
enthrocyte glutathione reductase |
| |
| EGS |
equine grass sickness |
| |
| Eh |
oxidation-reduction potential |
| |
| EHD |
epizootic haemorrhagic disease |
| |
| EHDV |
epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus |
| |
| EHEC |
enterohaemorrhagic E.coli |
| |
| EHO |
Environmental Health Officer |
| |
| EHV |
equine herpesivirus |
| |
| EIA |
i Environmental impact assessments |
|
ii Environmental Investigation Agency
|
|
iii equine infectious anaemia |
|
iv enzyme immunoassay |
| |
| EIAV |
equine infectious anaemia virus |
| |
| EID50 |
50% embryo infectious dose |
| |
| EIEC |
enteroinvasive E.coli |
| |
| EIINET |
Emerging Infections Information Network
(Yale Univ) |
| |
| EIPH |
exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage
|
| |
| EJCAP |
European Journal of Companion Animal
Practice |
| |
| EKE |
Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society |
|
Elliniki Ktiniatriki Eteria |
| |
| EKE-KKMZ |
Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society-Small
Animal Veterinary Branch
Elliniki Ktiniatriki Eteria/Klados Kitiniatron Mikron Zoon |
| |
| EKG/ECG |
electrocardiogram |
| |
| EKY |
electrokymogram |
| |
| ELDU |
extra-label drug use |
| |
| ELE |
equine leucoencephalomalacia |
| |
| ELGA |
European Liaison Group for Agriculture
|
| |
| ELIEDA |
enzyme-linked immunoelectrodiffusion
assay |
| |
| ELISA |
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| |
| ELU |
Estonian Veterinary Association
Eesti Loomaarstide Uhing |
| |
| EM |
i electron microscope |
|
ii electron microscopy |
| |
| EMC |
encephalomyocarditis |
| |
| e.m.c. |
equilibrium moisture content |
| |
| EMEA |
European Medicines Evaluation Agency |
| |
| EMEM |
Eagle’s minimum essential medium |
| |
| EMF |
electromotive force |
| |
| EMG |
electromyogram, electromyograph, electromyography |
| |
| EMI |
Egg Marketing Inspectorate |
| |
| EMMA |
Engstrom Multigas Monitor for anaesthesia
|
| |
| EMND |
equine motor neuron disease |
| |
| EMO vaporiser |
Epstein-Macintosh-Oxford vaporiser (ether
anaesthesia) |
| |
| EMR |
extra-mural rotations (students seeing
practice) |
| |
| EMS |
i eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome |
|
ii extra-mural study (studies) |
| |
| EMT |
extramural teacher |
| |
| EMVA |
East Midlands Veterinary Association
(BVA) |
| |
| END Method |
Exaltation of Newcastle Disease virus
for indirect detection of swine fever virus |
| |
| ENG |
enzootic nasal granuloma |
| |
| ENLP |
endogenous lipid pneumonia |
| |
| ENS |
enteric nervous system |
| |
| ENT |
ear nose & throat |
| |
| ENTEC |
enterotoxigenic E.coli |
| |
| EOD |
every other day (medical records) |
| |
| EOG |
i electro-oculogram |
|
ii electro-olfactogram |
| |
| EOQC |
European Organisation for Quality Control |
| |
| EOSCC |
equine ocular squamous cell carcinoma |
| |
| EP |
i electrophysiology |
|
ii enzootic pneumonia |
|
iii European Parliament |
|
iv Extra Pharmacopoeia (Martindale) |
| |
| EPA |
i eico-sapentaenoic acid |
|
ii Environmental Protection Agency (USA) |
| |
| EPEC |
enteropathogenic E.coli |
| |
| EPF |
early pregnancy factor |
| |
| EPG/epg |
eggs per gram (of faeces) |
| |
| EPH |
i early pregnancy hormone |
|
ii ethyl p-nitrophenyl benzenethiophosphanate
(non systemic OP) |
| |
| EPI |
exocrine pancreatic insufficiency |
| |
| EPL |
Emergency Product License |
| |
| EPM |
equine protozoal myeloencephalitis |
| |
| EPO |
i erythropoietin |
|
ii evening primrose oil |
| |
| EPR |
electron paramagnetic resonance |
| |
| EPSEM |
equal opportunity of selection method
|
| |
| EPSP |
excitatory postsynaptic potential |
| |
| EPTC |
s-ethyldipropylthiocarbamate (herbicide) |
| |
| EPVRC |
expanded programme of vaccination for
rabies control |
| |
| Eq |
equivalent |
| |
| ER |
i endoplastic reticulum |
|
ii exertional rhabdomyolisis |
| |
| Er |
chemical symbol erbium |
| |
| ERA |
Evelyn-Rokitnicki-Abelseth (rabies vaccine
strain) |
| |
| ERASMUS |
European Action Scheme for the Mobility
of University Students |
| |
| ER bodies |
erythrocyte refractile bodies |
| |
| ERG |
electroretinogram |
| |
| ERGATT |
European Research Group for Alternatives
in Toxicity Testing |
| |
| ErhV |
equine rhinovirus |
| |
| ERIN |
Environmental Resources Information
Network |
| |
| ERM |
enteric red mouth |
| |
| ERP |
erythropoietin |
| |
| ERPF |
effective renal plasma flow |
| |
| ERU |
equine recurrent uveitis |
| |
| ERV |
i equine rotavirus |
|
ii expiratory reserve volume |
| |
| ES |
Endocrine Society |
| |
| Es |
chemical symbol einsteinium |
| |
| ESA |
Entomological Society of America |
| |
| ESAVA |
Estonion Small Animal Veterinary Association
|
| |
| ESAVS |
European School for Advanced Veterinary
Studies |
| |
| ESC/ECOSOC |
Economic & Social Committee (BSAVA) |
| |
| ESCG |
European Society of Comparative Gastroenterology |
| |
| ESDAR |
European Society for Domestic Animal
Reproduction |
| |
| ESF |
external skeletal fixation/fixator |
| |
| ESFM |
European Society of Feline Medicine
(BSAVA) |
| |
| ESLAV |
European Society for Laboratory Animal
Veterinarians |
| |
| ESP |
exchangeable sodium percentage |
| |
| ESR |
i electron spin resonance |
|
ii erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| |
| ESRF |
end stage renal failure |
| |
| ESSG |
Education Strategy Steering Group |
| |
| ESTIV |
European Society of Toxicology in Vitro
|
| |
| esu |
electrostatic unit |
| |
| ESVC |
European Society of Veterinary Cardiology |
| |
| ESVCE |
European Society of Veterinary Clinical
Ethology |
| |
| ESVCN |
European Society of Veterinary Comparative
Nutrition |
| |
| ESVD |
European Society of Veterinary Dermatology
|
| |
| ESVIM |
European Society of Veterinary Internal
Medicine |
| |
| ESVN |
European Society of Veterinary Neurology |
| |
| ESVNU |
European Society of Veterinary Neurology
and Urology |
| |
| ESVO |
European Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology |
| |
| ESVONIC |
European Society of Veterinary Oncology |
| |
| ESVOT |
European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedics
& Traumatology |
| |
| ESVP |
European Society of Veterinary Pathology |
| |
| ESVV |
European Society of Veterinary Virology |
| |
| ETA |
i estimated time of arrival |
|
ii estimated transmitting ability |
| |
| et al |
and others (L.et alii) |
| |
| EtCO2 |
end-tidal carbon dioxide |
| |
| ETD |
estimated time of departure |
| |
| ETEC |
enterotoxigenic E.coli |
| |
| EU |
European Union |
| |
| Eu |
chemical symbol europium |
| |
| EUA |
examine under anaesthesia |
| |
| EUDRA |
European Union Drug Regulatory Authority |
| |
| EUFMD |
European Commission for the Control
of Foot & Mouth Disease |
| |
| EUPREN |
European Private Resources Network |
| |
| EURA |
European Renderers Association |
| |
| EUROGROUP |
Eurogroup for Animal Welfare |
| |
| EUROSTAT |
European Community’s Statistical
Office |
| |
| EUROTOX |
Association of European Toxicologists
& European Societies of Toxicology |
| |
| EV |
External Verifier (ref Veterinary Nurse
Qualification) |
| |
| EV-71 |
enterovirus 71 |
| |
| ev |
electron volt |
| |
| EVA |
i equine viral arteritis |
|
ii Essex Veterinary Association (BVA) |
|
iii Estonian Veterinary Association
|
| |
| EVDC |
European Veterinary Dental College |
| |
| EVJ |
Equine Veterinary Journal |
| |
| EVLG |
Equine Veterinary Libraries Group |
| |
| EVS |
Estonian Small Animal Veterinary Association
Eesti Vaikeloomaarstide Selts |
| |
| EVSSAR |
European Veterinary Society for the
Study of Small Animal Reproduction |
| |
| EVZS |
Edinburgh Veterinary Zoological Society |
| |
| EXTONET |
Extension Toxicology Network |
