Changes in the Sheep Industry in the United States Making the Transition from Tradition (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B Abbreviations and Acronyms ABARE Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics ADAA Animal Drug Availability Act AFD Average fiber diameter AFO Animal feeding operation AI Artificial insemination AIN Animal identification number ALB American Lamb Board ALBC American Livestock Breeds Conservancy AMA Alternative marketing arrangement AMS Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA) APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)
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336 APPENDIX B BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BCR Benefit:cost ratio BCTRC Boneless, closely trimmed, retail cuts BI Bioelectrical impedance BLM Bureau of Land Management BOU Bellies out untied BSE Bovine spongiform encephalopathy CAFO Concentrated animal feeding operation CCC Commodity Credit Corporation CERI Cotton Economics Research Institute C-FARE Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics CFR Code of Federal Regulations CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease CL Caseous lymphadenitis CNS Central nervous system COOL Country-of-origin labeling CP Crude protein CR4 Concentration ratio (four-firm) CRIS Current Research Information System CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA)
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APPENDIX B 337 FFA Future Farmers of America FFI Fatal familial insomnia FMD Foot and mouth disease FOB Free on board FSA Farm Service Agency FSE Feline spongiform encephalopathy FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA) FSVM Food supply veterinary medicine FTE Full-time equivalent FWS Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.
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338 APPENDIX B NCTO National Council of Textile Organizations NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NFCS Nationwide Food Consumption Survey NLFA National Lamb Feeders Association NIAA National Institute for Animal Agriculture NIDT National Identification Development Team NLPA National Livestock Producers Association NMCS National Meat Case Study NPB ������������������� National Pork Board NPPC National Pork Producers Council NRC National Research Council NSEP National Scrapie Eradication Program NSIIC National Sheep Industry Improvement Center (USDA) NSIP National Sheep Improvement Program NZD New Zealand dollar OB Original bag OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OGP Optical grading probe OIE World Organization for Animal Health OJD Ovine Johne's disease OLSL Ordinary least squares level OPP Ovine progressive pneumonia P.L.
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APPENDIX B 339 SPA Standardized performance analysis SSQA Sheep Safety and Quality Assurance TAHC Terrestrial Animal Health Code TAMRC Texas Agribusiness Market Research Center TB Tuberculosis TES Threatened and endangered species TME Transmissible mink encephalopathy TOBEC Total body electrical conductivity TRQ Tariff rate quota TSC Table skirted and classed TSE Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy UK United Kingdom USAHA U.S. Animal Health Association USCB U.S.
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