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AAPS |
Arable Area Payments Scheme |
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ACAF |
Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs |
| ADNS |
Agricultural Disease notification System |
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ADS |
Agriculture Development Scheme |
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AEBC |
Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission |
| AHDO |
Animal Health Divisional Office |
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AHO |
Animal Heath Office |
| AHW |
Animal Health and Welfare |
| AHWP |
Animal Health and Welfare Planning Division |
| AHWS |
Animal Health and Welfare Strategy |
| AI |
artificial insemination |
| AMES |
Animal Health and Welfare Management & Environment
System |
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ARAD |
[Welsh Assembly Government] Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department |
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AUK |
Agriculture in the United Kingdom [publication] |
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AWB |
Agricultural Wages Board |
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| BACI |
Business Area Change Initiative |
| BARB |
Born after the reinforced feed ban |
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BBSRC |
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - has replaced
Agriculture and Food Research Council |
| BCG |
Bacille Calmette-Guerin |
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BCMS |
British Cattle Movement Service (runs the Cattle Tracing System) |
| BSC |
Balanced Scorecard |
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BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| BSI |
British Standards Institute |
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BSPS |
Beef Special Premium Scheme |
| BT |
Bluetongue |
| BTV |
Bluetongue Virus |
| BVD |
bovine viral diarrhoea |
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CAC |
Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO/WHO) |
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CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy (EU) |
| CCS2005 |
Case Control Study 2005 |
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CEFAS |
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Defra
Executive Agency) |
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CEH |
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |
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CFP |
Common Fisheries Policy (EU) |
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CGMA |
Covent Garden Market Authority |
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CID |
Cattle Identification Documents |
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CITES |
[Washington] Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
[in Flora and Fauna] (UN) |
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CJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease see also vCJD |
| CoE |
Council of Europe |
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COGAP
|
Code of Good Agricultural Practice |
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COMA |
Committee on Medical Aspects [of Food and Nutrition Policy] (DH) |
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COPCOS
|
Code of Practice for the Control of Salmonella |
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COT |
Committee on Toxicity [of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products
and the Environment] (DH) |
| CPH |
County Parish Holding number |
| CSA |
Chief Scientific Advisor |
| CSFS |
Compulsory Scrapie Flocks Scheme |
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CSL |
Central Science Laboratory (Defra Executive Agency) |
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CSS |
Countryside Stewardship Scheme (ERDP scheme) |
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CTS/CTS Online |
Cattle Tracing System / Cattle Tracing System Online |
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DANI |
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland - now DARDNI |
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DARD[NI] |
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development [Northern Ireland] |
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DBES |
Date Based Export Scheme |
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DFR |
Directorate of Fisheries Research - now CEFAS |
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DFT |
Department for Transport |
| DG |
Directorate General |
| DGMT |
Directorate General Management Team |
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DICE |
Defra Import/Export Consultation Exchange |
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DH |
Department of Health |
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DTLR |
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions - now
DFT and ODPM |
| DVM |
Divisional Veterinary Manager |
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EA |
Environment Agency |
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EAGGF |
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EC) |
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EC |
European Communities |
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ECN |
Environmental Change Network |
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ECS |
Energy Crops Scheme (ERDP scheme) |
| ECUG |
Export Certification User Group |
| EFSA |
European Food Safety Authority |
| EID |
Electronic Identification Device |
| EIG |
England Implementation Group |
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EHO |
Environmental Health Office/r |
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ELS |
Entry Level Stewardship [Environmental Stewardship Scheme] |
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EN |
English Nature |
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ERDP |
England Rural Development Programme |
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ESA
|
Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ERDP scheme) |
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EU |
European Union |
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FABBL |
Farm Assured British Beef and Lamb |
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FAC |
Food Advisory Committee |
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FADN |
Farm Accountancy Data Network (EC) |
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FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization [of the United Nations] |
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FAPAS |
Food Analysis Performance Assessment Scheme |
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FAWC |
Farm Animal Welfare Council |
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FBS |
Farm Business Survey |
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FEOGA |
Fonds Europeen d'Orientation et de Garantie Agricole (see
EAGGF for English translation) |
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FEPA |
Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 |
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FES |
Family Expenditure Survey |
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FFB |
Food From Britain |
| FHP |
Farm Health Planning |
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FIFG |
Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (EU) |
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FIUK |
Farm Incomes in the United Kingdom [statistical publication] |
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FMD |
Foot and Mouth Disease |
| FMQ |
Farm Management Questionnaire |
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FRCA |
Farming and Rural Conservation Agency - former MAFF Executive
Agency |
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FSA 1990 |
Food Safety Act 1990 |
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FSA |
Food Standards Agency |
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FSE |
Farm Scale Evaluations |
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FWAG |
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group |
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FWPS |
Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (ERDP scheme) |
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GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GB |
Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) |
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GM |
Genetically Modified |
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GO |
Government Office |
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HACCP |
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point |
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HDC |
Horticulture Development Council |
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HFAS |
Hill Farm Allowance Scheme (ERDP scheme) |
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HGCA |
Home Grown Cereals Authority |
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HLCA |
Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances |
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HLS |
Higher Level Stewardship [Environmental Stewardship Scheme] |
| HMRC |
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs |
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HRI |
Horticulture Research International |
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IACS |
Integrated Administration and Control System |
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IAH |
Institute for Animal Health |
| IBR |
Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis |
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ICM |
Integrated Crop Management |
| ID |
Identification |
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IFR |
Institute for Food Research |
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IGER |
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research |
| IOS |
International Organisation for Standardisation |
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ITE |
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology |
| IWA |
Interim Working Agreement |
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IWC |
International Whaling Commission |
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JRA |
Joint Regulatory Authority (UK cross-departmental authority covering
GMO releases) |
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LEAF |
Linking Environment and Farming |
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LERAPs |
Local Environment Risk Assessments for Pesticides |
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LFA |
Less Favoured Area |
| LGC |
Laboratory of the Government Chemist |
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LSK |
Learning Skills and Knowledge [programme] |
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MAGP |
Multi-Annual Guidance Programme |
| MB |
[Defra] Management Board |
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MDS |
Marketing Development Scheme |
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MHS |
Meat Hygiene Service (Agency of Food Standards Agency) |
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MRL |
Maximum Residue Level |
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MRM |
Mechanically Recovered Meat |
| MRSA |
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
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NAWAD |
National Assembly for Wales Agriculture Department - now ARAD |
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NBU |
National Bee Unit |
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NDPB |
Non Departmental Public Body |
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NERC |
Natural Environment Research Council |
| NFA |
National Feed Audit |
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NFS |
National Food Survey |
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NFU |
National Farmers Union |
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NNR |
National Nature Reserve |
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NOTIS |
Naturally Occurring Toxicants Information System |
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NRPB |
National Radiological Protection Board |
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NSA |
Nitrate Sensitive Area |
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NTF |
Nutrition Task Force |
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NVZ |
Nitrate Vulnerable Zone |
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ODPM |
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
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OFS |
Organic Farming Scheme (ERDP scheme) |
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OIE |
Office International des Epizooties |
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OP |
Organophosphorus pesticide |
| OTF |
Officially bTB-free |
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OTMS |
Over Thirty Month Scheme |
| OVS |
Official Veterinary Surgeons |
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PCA |
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration [Ombudsman] |
| PCR |
polymerase chain reaction |
| PCRP |
Policy Centre Review Programme |
| PDNS |
porcine dermatitis nephropathy syndrome |
| PDV |
phocine distemper virus |
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PES |
Public Expenditure Survey |
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PETS |
Pet Travel Scheme [pet passports] |
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PHSI |
Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate |
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PIDC |
Potato Industry Development Council |
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PMB |
Potato Marketing Board (now British Potato Council) |
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PMG |
Processing and Marketing Grant (ERDP scheme) |
| PMSO |
Programme Management Support Office |
| PMWS |
post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome |
| PRRS |
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome |
| PTFS |
parish testing frequencies |
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PSD |
Pesticides Safety Directorate (Defra Executive Agency) |
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PVRO |
Plant Variety Rights Office |
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| RBCT |
Randomised Badger Culling Trial |
| RBST |
Rare Breeds Survival Trust |
| RCVS |
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons |
| RDR |
Rural Development Regulations |
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RDS |
Rural Development Service (Defra) |
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RES |
Rural Enterprise Scheme (ERDP scheme) |
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RNI |
Reference Nutrient Intake |
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RPA |
Rural Payments Agency (Defra Executive Agency) |
| RT-PCR |
reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
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SAC |
Scottish Agricultural College |
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SAPS |
Sheep Annual Premium Scheme |
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SBM |
Specified Bovine Material |
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SBO |
Specified Bovine Offal |
SCC |
Social Cost of Carbon |
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SCF |
Scientific Committee for Food [EC] |
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SCIMAC |
Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops |
| SCOFCAH |
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health
(EU) |
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SCPS |
Suckler Cow Premium Scheme |
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SEAC |
Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee |
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SEERAD |
Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department |
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SFI |
Sea Fisheries Inspectorate |
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SFIA |
Sea Fish Industry Authority |
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SGCAFS |
Steering Group on the Chemical Aspects of Food Surveillance |
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SGM |
Standard Gross Margin |
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SME |
Small and medium sized enterprises |
| SMLDP |
Senior Managers Leadership Development Programme |
SOAEFD
|
Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department
- now SEERAD |
SPC |
Shadow Price of Carbon |
SPS
|
Single Payment Scheme
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| SR04 |
Spending Review 2004 |
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SRM |
Specified Risk Material |
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SSC |
Scientific Steering Committee |
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SSSI |
Site of Special Scientific Interest |
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SVS |
State Veterinary Service |
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| TB |
Tuberculosis |
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TRACES |
[EU] Trade Control and Expert System |
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TSE |
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
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TSO |
Trading Standards Office/r |
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| UK |
United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland) |
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UKBAP |
United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan |
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UKROFS |
United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards |
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vCJD |
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
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VLA |
Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Defra Executive Agency) |
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VMD |
Veterinary Medicines Directorate (Defra Executive Agency) |
| VO |
Veterinary Officers |
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VPC |
Veterinary Products Committee |
| VSFS |
Voluntary Scrapie Flocks Scheme |
| VTRI |
Veterinary Training and Research Initiative |
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VTS |
Vocational Training Scheme (ERDP scheme) |
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| WASK |
Welfare at slaughter or killing |
| WEGS |
Welsh Ewe Genotyping Scheme |
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WGS |
Wooodland Grant Scheme (Forestry Commission scheme) |
| WNV |
West Nile virus |
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WHO |
World Health Organization [of the United Nations] |
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WPPR |
Working Party on Pesticide Residues |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |
