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Abbreviations
AAHL Australian Animal Health Laboratory
AFDL AAHL Fish Diseases Laboratory
AQUAVETPLAN Australian Aquatic Veterinary Emergency Plan
aqCCEAD Aquatic Consultative Committee on Emergency Animal Diseases
AUSVETPLAN Australian Veterinary Emergency Plan
CCEAD Consultative Committee on Emergency Animal Diseases
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CVO chief veterinary officer
DAFF Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australian Government)
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid; cDNA = complementary DNA
EAD emergency animal disease
ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ISA infectious salmon anaemia
OIE World Organisation for Animal Health (formerly Office International des Epizooties)
PCR polymerase chain reaction
PFU plaque forming unit
RNA ribonucleic acid
RT-PCR reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
TCID tissue culture infective dose
VHS viral haemorrhagic septicaemia
VHSV VHS virus



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