| AAALAC |
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
| AALAS |
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science |
| ABSL |
Animal Bio-Safety Level |
| ACUC |
Animal Care and Use Committee |
| ALAT |
Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (AALAS Certified) |
| APD |
Animal Program Director |
| ASP |
Animal Study Proposal |
| BSL |
Bio-Safety Level |
| CAN |
Common Accounting Number |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
| CMB |
Comparative Medicine Branch |
| CRL |
Charles River Laboratories |
| DCT |
Division of Cancer Treatment (part of the National Cancer Institute) |
| DES |
Division of Engineering Services |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DIR |
Division of Intramural Research |
| DS |
Division of Safety |
| ETO |
Ethylene Oxide |
| FCRDC |
Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| GLP |
Good Laboratory Practices |
| GTS |
Gene Targeting Section |
| HEPA |
High Efficiency Particulate Air |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HRP |
Hazleton Research Products |
| HSD |
Harlan Sprague Dawley |
| HTLV |
Human T-cell Lymphotrophic Lentivirus |
| IBC |
Institutional Biosafety Committee |
| IC |
Institute or Center |
| IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
| JAX |
The Jackson Laboratory |
| LAD |
Laboratory of Allergic Diseases |
| LAT |
Laboratory Animal Technician (AALAS Certified) |
| LATG |
Laboratory Animal Technologist (AALAS Certified) |
| LCID |
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases |
| LCMI |
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology |
| LHD |
Laboratory of Host Defenses |
| LI |
Laboratory of Immunology |
| LID |
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases |
| LIG |
Laboratory of Immunogenetics |
| LIP |
Laboratory of Immunopathology |
| LIR |
Laboratory of Immunoregulation |
| LMM |
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology |
| LMS |
Laboratory of Molecular Structure |
| LPD |
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases |
| LSS |
Laboratory Sciences Section |
| LVD |
Laboratory of Viral Diseases |
| MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
| NCAB |
National Capital Area Branch of AALAS |
| NCI |
National Cancer Institute |
| NHP |
Nonhuman Primate |
| NIAID |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIH |
The National Institutes of Health |
| NIHAC |
The National Institutes of Health Animal Center (Poolesville, MD) |
| OACU |
Office of Animal Care and Use |
| ORS |
Office of Research Services |
| OSD |
Office of the Scientific Director |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| RALAT |
Registered Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician |
| RLAT |
Registered Laboratory Animal Technician |
| RLATG |
Registered Laboratory Animal Technologist |
| RML |
Rocky Mountain Laboratories |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| TXS |
Trimethoprim Sulfa |
| TAC |
Taconic Farms |
| USAMRIID |
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USUHS |
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
| VRP |
Veterinary Resources Program |
| WRAIR |
Walter Reed Army Institute for Research |