| ADD | animal daily dose | |
| A/EEC | attaching and effacing Escherichia coli | |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrome | |
| AMR | antimicrobial resistance | |
| AMU | antimicrobial use | |
| APCI | atmospheric pressure chemical ionization | |
| AVMA | American Veterinary Medicine Association | |
| CAC | Codex Alimentarius Commission | |
| CAFO | concentrated animal feeding operation | |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| CFU | colony forming unit | |
| CIPARS | Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance | |
| CITES | Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species | |
| CRS | Congressional Research Service | |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | |
| CVM | Center for Veterinary Medicine | |
| DANMAP | Danish Integrated Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring and Research Programme | |
| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid | |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| DVFA | Danish Veterinary and Food Authority |
| EAggEC | enteroaggregative Escherichia coli | |
| EFSA | European Food Safety Authority | |
| EID | emerging infectious disease | |
| EIEC | enteroinvasive Escherichia coli | |
| EHEC | enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli | |
| EPEC | enteropathogenic Escherichia coli | |
| ERS | Economic Research Service | |
| ESBL | extended-spectrum β-lactamase | |
| ETEC | enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli | |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization | |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration | |
| FMD | foot and mouth disease | |
| FMI | Food Marketing Institute | |
| FSIS | Food Safety and Inspection Service | |
| FSMA | Food Safety Modernization Act | |
| GABHS | Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus | |
| GAO | government accountability office | |
| GAP | good agricultural practice | |
| GBS | Guillain-Barré syndrome | |
| GVFI | global virus forecasting initiative | |
| HACCP | hazard analysis and critical control point | |
| HAV | hepatitis A virus | |
| HEV | hepatitis E virus | |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus | |
| HPAI | highly pathogenic avian influenza | |
| HTLV | human T-lymphotropic viruses | |
| HUS | hemolytic uremic syndrome | |
| IHR | International Health Regulations | |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine | |
| LAMP | loop-mediated isothermal amplification | |
| MALDI | matrix-assisted laser desorption—ionization | |
| MMR | measles, mumps, and rubella | |
| MS | mass spectroscopy | |
| NAQS | National Australian Quarantine Strategy | |
| NARMS | National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System | |
| NIFA | National Institute of Food and Agriculture |
| NiV | Nipah virus | |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
| NORS | National Outbreak Reporting System | |
| NoV | norovirus | |
| OIE | World Animal Health Organization (Office International des Epizooties) | |
| PCR | pulsed-field gel electrophoresis | |
| PFGE | polymerase chain reaction | |
| QA/QC | quality assurance/quality control | |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid | |
| SARS | severe acute respiratory syndrome | |
| SE | Salmonella serotype Enteritidis | |
| SFV | simian foamy virus | |
| SIV | swine influenza virus | |
| SRSV | small round structured virus | |
| STEC | Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli | |
| STLV | simian T-lymphotropic viruses | |
| TEM | transmission electron microscope | |
| UN | United Nations | |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development | |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture | |
| VTEC | verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli | |
| WHO | World Health Organization |