
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ADB Asian Development Bank
AGAH Animal Health Service of FAO
AGID agar gel immunodiffusion
ADB Asian Development Bank
AI avian influenza
APAARI Asia Pacific Association for Agriculture Research Institutes
APHCA Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ARIs advanced research institutions
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN+3 Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus PR China, Japan and Republic of Korea
BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy
CSF classical swine fever (also known as hog cholera)
DIVA differentiation of infected from vaccinated animals
DPR Democratic People’s Republic
EA East Asia
ECTAD Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases
ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EMPRES emergency prevention system
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
GDP gross domestic product
GF global framework
GF-TADs global framework for progressive control of transboundary animal diseases
GLEWS global early warning systems
GREP Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme
HPAI highly pathogenic avian influenza
JSDF Japan Social Development Fund
FMD foot-and-mouth disease
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IDA International Development Association
LPAI Low pathogenic avian influenza
NARES national agricultural research and extension systems
NGO non-governmental organization
OFFLU OIE/FAO Network for avian influenza expertise
OIE World Organisation for Animal Health (Office International des Épizooties)
PCR polymerase chain reaction
PDR People’s Democratic Republic
PPE personal protective equipment
PR China People’s Republic of China
RAP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
RT-PCR reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
SA South Asia
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SADC Southern African Development Council
SAR Special Administrative Region
SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome
SEA Southeast Asia
TADs transboundary animal diseases
TCP technical cooperation project
UK United Kingdom
UMO United Maghreb Organization
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WB World Bank
WHO World Health Organization
WTO World Trade Organization