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Course: Antimicrobial stewardship in animal health (Fleming Fund W)
Glossary: Abbreviations
A

ABs

Antibiotics

AGPs

Antimicrobial growth promoters

AM

Antimicrobial

AMR

Antimicrobial resistance

AMS

Antimicrobial stewardship

AMU

Antimicrobial use (or usage)

ARGs

Antimicrobial resistance genes

AST

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing

C

CIAs

Critically important antimicrobials

E

EU

European Union

F

FAAST

Farmed Animal Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiative

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

G

GAP

Global Action Plan

GLASS

Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System

H

HP-CIA

Highest priority of critically important antibiotics

L

LFD

Lateral flow device

LMICs

Low and middle-income countries

M

MINDME

Microbiology, Indications, Narrowest spectrum, Dosage, Minimise, Ensure

N

NAP

National action plan

O

OIE

Office International des Épizooties

Q

qPCR

Quantitative polymerase chain reactions

S

SLO

Social licence to operate

W

WHO

World Health Organization

WHO CIA

World Health Organization critically important antimicrobials

WHP

Withholding period