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Abbreviations and acronyms
A
| Name | Description | Related terms |
|---|---|---|
| AAAA |
Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia |
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| AAN |
Australian Approved Name |
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| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
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| AAVCC |
Australian Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Council (now defunct) |
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| ABN |
Australian Business Number |
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| AC |
APVMA formulation type code for aqueous concentrate |
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| ACCS |
Advisory Committee on Chemicals Scheduling |
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| ACDP |
Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens |
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| ACGRA |
Australian Cotton Growers Research Association |
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| ACh |
acetylcholinesterase |
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| AChe |
acetylcholinesterase |
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| ACMS |
Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling |
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| ACN |
Australian Company Number |
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| ACVM |
Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Group (New Zealand) |
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| ADG |
Australian Dangerous Goods or the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail |
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| ADI |
acceptable daily intake |
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| ADWG |
Australian drinking water guideline |
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| AE |
APVMA formulation type code for aerosol |
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| AEC |
Animal Ethics Committee |
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| AERP (Ag/Vet) |
Adverse Experience Reporting Program (Agriculture/Veterinary Medicines) |
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| AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
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| AGDISP |
A computer-based spray drift model |
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| AgDRIFT |
A computer-based spray drift model |
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| AGIS |
Australian Government Investigation Standards |
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| agvet |
agricultural and veterinary |
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| Agvet Code |
Schedule to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 |
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| agvet legislation |
agricultural and veterinary chemicals legislation including the Acts, Regulations and instruments |
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| AHMAC |
Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council |
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| ai |
active ingredient (or active constituent) |
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| ALARA |
as low as reasonably achievable |
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| ALT |
alanine aminotransferase |
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| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
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| ANOVA |
analysis of variance |
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| ANZECC |
Australia and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council |
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| AOAC |
Association of Official Analytical Chemists |
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| APS |
Australian Public Service |
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| APVMA |
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
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| AQIS |
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service |
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| ARBN |
Australian Registered Body Number |
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| ARfD |
acute reference dose |
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| ARTG |
Australian Therapeutic Goods Register |
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| ASCEPT |
Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists |
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| AST |
aspartate aminotransferase |
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| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
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| ATCC |
American Type Culture Collection |
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| ATS |
Application Tracking System |
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| AUC |
area under a concentration—time curve |
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| AVA |
Australian Veterinary Association |
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| AWC |
Australian Weeds Committee |