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