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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 

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 

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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