Abbreviation Definition
ABN |
ABNORMAL |
A/G |
ALBUMIN/GLOBULIN RATIO |
ADE |
ADVERSE DRUG EXPERIENCE |
ADM |
ADMINISTRATION |
ALK PHOS |
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE |
ALT |
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE |
ANESTH |
ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC |
APP |
APPLICATION |
AST |
ASPARTITIE AMINOTRANSFERASE |
BANDS |
NEUTROPHILS (BANDS) |
BASOS |
BASOPHILS |
BLD |
BLOOD OUTSIDE THE VASCULAR SYSTEM (E.G., HEMORRHAGE OR BLOOD USED IN TESTS) |
BSP |
BROMSULPHALEIN |
BUN |
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN |
CA |
CALCIUM |
CHE |
CHOLINESTERASE |
CM |
CLINICAL MANIFESTATION (SIGN) |
CMP |
CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PROBLEM |
CMT |
CALIFORNIA MASTITIS TEST |
CNS |
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
CO2 |
CARBON DIOXIDE |
CPK |
CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE |
CPR |
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
CSF |
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
CTX |
CONCOMITANT TREATMENT |
DD |
NUMBER OF DEAD ANIMALS |
DDX |
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS |
DECHALL |
THE EFFECT AFTER DISCONTINUING DRUG USE |
DIC |
DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION |
DIR |
DIRECT; CONJUGATED |
DX |
DIAGNOSIS |
DZ |
DISEASE |
ELU |
EXTRA LABEL USE OF THE DRUG |
EOS |
EOSINOPHILS |
FE |
IRON |
F/U |
FOLLOW-UP REPORT |
GGT |
GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE |
GI |
GASTROINTESTINAL |
HCO3 |
BICARBONATE |
HI |
HIGH, INCREASED |
HW |
HEARTWORM(S) |
HX, H/O |
HISTORY OF |
IND |
INDIRECT; UNCONJUGATED |
INEFFECT |
LACK OF OR DECREASED EFFECTIVENESS |
INFECT |
INFECTION; INFECTED |
INFLAM |
INFLAMMATION; INFLAMED |
INJ |
INJECTION; INJECT |
INTEST |
INTESTINE |
IVF |
INTRAVENOUS FLUID |
K |
POTASSIUM |
KCS |
KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA |
LAB |
LABWORK; RESULTS OF CHC/CHEMISTRIES/CULTURE RESULTS/ ULTRASOUND/RADIOGRAPHS |
LDH |
LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE |
LN |
LYMPH NODE(S) |
LO |
LOW; DECREASED |
LRS |
LACTATED RINGERS SOLUTION |
LYMPHS |
LYMPHOCYTES |
MG |
MAMMARY GLAND |
MGT |
MAMMARY GLAND TUMOR |
MF |
MICROFILARIA |
MONOS |
MONOCYTES |
MULT |
MULTIPLE |
NA |
SODIUM |
NEG |
NEGATIVE |
NSF |
NO SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS |
O/S |
ONSET |
P |
PHOSPHORUS |
PARENTERAL |
NOT VIA THE DIGESTIVE TRACT (INCLUDES INTRAMUSCULAR, INTRAVENOUS, AND SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION) |
PD |
PRODUCT DEFECT |
PLATES |
PLATELETS |
PMNS |
SEGMENTED NEUTROPHILS |
PMP |
PREVIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEM |
POS |
POSITIVE |
PR |
PATHOLOGY REPORT; GROSS OR MICROSCOPIC PATHOLOGY INCLUDING CULTURE DATA (NEED NOT BE A FORMAL REPORT) |
PT |
PROTHROMBIN TIME |
PTT |
PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME |
PTX |
PREVIOUS TREATMENT |
PX |
PROGNOSIS |
RAD(S) |
RADIOGRAPH(S) (X-RAYS) |
RBC |
RED BLOOD CELLS |
RECHAL |
THE EFFECT AFTER RE-INTRODUCING SUSPECT DRUG |
RECOV |
RECOVERY, RECOVERED |
REF |
REFERENCE |
RR |
NUMBER OF ANIMALS REACTING |
RESP |
RESPIRATORY |
RTX |
TREATMENT OF SUSPECTED ADVERSE DRUG REACTION |
RX |
TO PRESCRIBE/DISPENSE A PRESCRIPTION |
RXN |
REACTION |
SAP |
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE |
SEGS |
SEGMENTED NEUTROPHILS |
SGOT/AST |
ASPARTITIE AMINOTRANSFERASE |
SGPT/ALT |
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE |
SM |
SMALL |
SPEC |
SPECIFIC |
SG |
SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FLUID (E.G. URINE) |
SQ |
SUBCUTANEOUS |
SQF |
SUBCUTANEOUS FLUID |
TD |
NUMBER OF ANIMALS TREATED |
TECH |
TECHNIQUE; TECHNICAL; TECHNICIAN |
TEMP |
TEMPORARAY |
TMP |
TREATED MEDICAL PROBLEM (REASON FOR USE OF SUSPECT DRUG) |
TOT |
TOTAL |
TOX |
TOXICITY; TOXIC |
TPR |
TEMPERATURE, PULSE, RESPIRATION |
TX |
TREATMENT |
UA |
URINALYSIS |
UDDER |
MAMMARY GLANDS OF ALL SPECIES |
US |
ULTRASOUND |
VACC |
VACCINE; VACCINATE |
VAX |
VACCINE; VACCINATE |
WBC |
WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
WD |
WITHDRAWAL TIME |
WNL |
WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS |
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