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Abbreviation Buster

ACMSF

Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food

AMR

Antimicrobial Resistance

AMU

Antimicrobial Use

APHA

Animal & Plant Health Agency

ARG

Antimicrobial Resistance Gene

BBSRC

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

DARC

Defra Antimicrobial Resistance Coordination Group

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

E. coli

Escherichia coli

EEA

European Economic Area

ETEC

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

EUCAST

European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

FAN

Futures AMR Network

IP

Internet Protocol

MGE

Mobile Genetic Element

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

PWD

Post-Weaning Diarrhoea

qPCR

Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction

QUB

Queens University Belfast

SRUC

Scotland’s Rural College

UKRI

UK Research Innovation

WGS

Whole Genome Sequencing

WP

Work Package

ZnO

Zinc Oxide

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