AC Advisory Committee

ADB African Development Bank

ARIS Animal resources information system

ASA L Arid and semi arid lands

ASF African swine fever

AU-IBAR African Union-International Bureau of Animal Resources

BVD Bovine virus diarrhoea

CAHW Community-based animal health worker

CAPE Community based animal health participatory epidemiology

CAR Central African Republic

CBPP Contagious bovine pleuro-pneumonia

CIRAD-EMVT Centre de coop é ration internationale en recherche agronomique pour le d é veloppement – D épartement d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire

CPD Continuing professional development

DFID Department for International Development

DVS Director of Veterinary Services

EC European Commission

ECC European Community Commission

EDF European Development Fund

EISMV École Inter Etats Science et Médécine Vétérinaire, Senegal

ELISA Enzyme linked immmunosorbent assay

EU European Union

FAO Food and Agriculture Office

FEM Final Evaluation Mission

FMD Foot and mouth Disease

GIS Geographical Information System

HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

ILRI International Livestock research Institute

IZSTE Instituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’ Abruzzo e del Molise, Teramo, Italy

KAP Knowledge attitude and practice

KARI Kenyan Agricultural Rese

LANADA Laboratoire Nationale d’ Appui au D é veloppement Agricole, C ô te d’Ivoire

LANAVET Laboratoire Nationale Vétérinaire, Garoua, Cameroun

LNERV/ISRA Laboratoire National d’Elevage et de Recherches Vétérinaires, Senrgal

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MTR Mid Term Review

NAO National Authorising Officer

NGO Non-Government Organisation

OIE Office International des Epizooties

OVI Objectively verifiable indicator

PANVAC Pan-African Veterinary Vaccine Centre

PARC Pan African Rindrerpest Control

PCR Polymerase chain reaction

PCU Project co-ordinating unit

PEU Project epidemiology unit

PPR Peste des petits ruminants

QA Quality Assurance

RAO Regional Authorising Officer

RCU Regional co-ordinating unit

RP Rinderpest

RVF Rift Valley fever

SAHSP Somali Animal Health Services Project.

SERECU Somali Ecosystem Rinderpest Eradication Campaign Unit

SPINAP-AHI Support Programme for Integrated National Action Plans for Avian and Human Influenza

TA Technical assistance/assistant

TCP Technical co-operation project

TadInfo Transboundary animal disease information system

ToR Terms of Reference

VLPU Veterinary Legislation and Privatisation Unit

VSF V étérinaires sans frontières

WTO SPS World Trade Organisation - Sanitary and Phytosanitar