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Notifiable Avian Influenza Hazard Specific Plan
Module List
Module Number, Title and Issue Date
- Abbreviations and Acronyms - November 2011
1. About This Document
- 1.1 Context - November 2011
- 1.2 Purpose - November 2011
- 1.3 Audience - November 2011
- 1.4 Authority - November 2011
- 1.5 Related Documents - November 2011
- 1.6 Amendments and Revisions - November 2011
2. Avian Influenza Overview
- 2.1 Etiology - November 2011
- 2.2 Susceptible Species - November 2011
- 2.3 Global Distribution - November 2011
- 2.4 Epidemiology - November 2011
- 2.5 Pathogenesis - November 2011
- 2.6 Diagnosis - November 2011
- 2.7 Immunity - November 2011
- 2.8 Public Health - November 2011
3. Authorities and Principles of Control
- 3.1 Purpose - November 2011
- 3.2 Authority - November 2011
- 3.3 Statement - November 2011
- 3.4 Principles of Control in Poultry - November 2011
- 3.5 Actions in the Vicinity of an Infected Place - November 2011
Abbreviations and Acronyms
AERT
Area Emergency Response Team
AGID
Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
AHFP
Animal Health Functional Plan
AHRT
Animal Health Response Team
AI
Avian Influenza
AI-NL
Avian Influenza Network Laboratory: a laboratory that is a member of the Canadian
Animal Health Surveillance Network (CAHSN)
AI-RL
Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory (same lab as NCFAD)
ATM
Avian Transport Media
AVMA
American Veterinary Medical Association
C&D
Cleaning and Disinfection
C-ELISA
Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
CCVB
Canadian Centre for Veterinary Biologics
CCWHC
Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
CEMRS
Canadian Emergency Management Response System
CFIA
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CVO
Chief Veterinary Officer
CWS
Canadian Wildlife Service
DEFRA
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (formerly Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food [MAFF])
DIVA
Differentiating Infected From Vaccinated Animals
DND
Department of National Defence
DV
District Veterinarian
EDTA
Ethylendiamine Tetraacetic Acid
ELISA
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
EOC
Emergency Operations Centre
ERT
Emergency Response Team
FAD
Foreign Animal Disease
FADES
Foreign Animal Disease Emergency Support (Plan)
FERT
Field Emergency Response Team
H
Hemagglutinating (e.g. activity, antigen,
inhibition)
HA
Hemagglutinating Antigen
HI
Hemagglutination Inhibition
HPAI
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
HPNAI
Highly Pathogenic Notifiable Avian Influenza
HSP
Hazard Specific Plan
IP
Infected Premises
IVPI
Intravenous Pathogenicity Index
IZ
Infected Zone
LPAI
Low Pathogenicity Avian Influenza
LPNAI
Low Pathogenicity Notifiable Avian Influenza
LSTS
Laboratory Sample Tracking System
M
Matrix
MAFF
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
N
Neuraminidase
NA
Neuraminidase Antigen
NAI
Notifiable Avian Influenza
NAIHSP
Notifiable Avian Influenza Hazard Specific Plan
NCFAD
National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease (CFIA)
NDV
Newcastle Disease Virus
NERT
National Emergency Response Team
NP
Nucleoproteins
OGDs
Other Government Departments
OIE
World Organisation for Animal Health
PBS
Phosphate Buffered Saline
PCR
Polymerase Chain Reaction
PIQ
Premises Investigation Questionnaire
RNA
Ribonucleic Acid
RRT-PCR
Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction
RZ
Restricted Zone
SZ
Security Zone
TDG
Transportation of Dangerous Goods
USDA-APHIS
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
VIC
Veterinarian in Charge
VN
Virus Neutralization
