Acronyms and Abbreviations used in Australian Veterinary Practice
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Female |
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F |
Faeces. i.e. The presence (F+) or absence (F-) of faeces in a SOAP as part of assessing ADUF |
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F- |
Female spayed / desexed / sterilised |
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F# |
Fracture. See also #. May also be denoted as Fx |
Qld | SN - UQ |
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f/u pc |
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F3 |
Feline vaccination: Enteritis, Rhinotracheitis, Calcivirus. See also RCP |
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F4 - WA |
Feline vaccination: Enteritis, Rhinotracheitis, Calcivirus, Feline Leukemia |
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F4 - Qld |
Feline vaccination: Enteritis, Rhinotracheitis, Calcivirus, Chlamydia |
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F5 |
Feline vaccination: Enteritis, Rhinotracheitis, Calcivirus, Chlamydia, Leukemia |
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FACVSc |
Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists - Veterinary Specialist by examination |
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FAD |
Flea Allergy Dermatitis |
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FATE |
Feline Aortic Thrombo-Embolism (Cat) |
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FB |
Foreign Body |
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FBE |
Full Blood Examination (CBC and blood film morphology) |
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FC |
Feline Calicivirus Virus. See also F3. Also FCV or FCv |
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FCoV |
Feline Corona Virus. See also FIP (the disease state) |
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FCP |
Fractured Coronoid Process |
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Fe++ |
Iron. As in: iron levels in anaemia |
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FE |
Feline Enteritis Virus. See also F3, FPL |
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FEC |
Faecal Egg Count |
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Fel |
Feline |
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FeLV |
Feline Leukemia Virus |
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FF |
Faecal Float |
Qld | SN - UQ |
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FHE |
Femoral Head Excision. See also: FHO |
Qld | SN - UQ |
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FHO |
Femoral Head Osteotomy. See also: FHE |
Qld | EF |
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FIA |
Feline Infectious Anemia - Mycoplasma haemofelis |
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FIP |
Feline Infectious Peritonitis. See also FCoV |
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FISS |
Feline Injection Site Sarcoma |
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FIV |
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus |
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FLUTD |
Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease |
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FN |
Female neuter / sterilised / desexed / speyed. See also F(s) |
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FNA |
Fine Needle Aspirate |
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FORL |
Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion. "Resorptive Lesion". See also CLL Cervical Line Lesion |
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FPL |
Feline Pan-Leucopaenia. See also FE |
Vic | JP |
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FR |
Feline Rhinotracheitis Virus. A herpes virus. See also F3 |
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FRD |
Feline Respiratory Disease |
Vic | JP |
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F(s) |
Female sterilised / desexed / speyed / neuter. See also FN. Also FS or F-. |
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FS |
Faecal Smear |
Qld | SN - UQ |
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FT4 |
Free Thyroxine test = Free T4 |
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FU x d |
Follow Up in 'x' number of days |
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FUNW |
Follow Up Next Week |
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fupc |
Follow Up Phone Call. Also noted as fu pc, or f/u, or cc (courtesy call) |
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FUS |
Feline Urological Syndrome (now FLUTD) |
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FYI |
For Your Information |
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Fx |
Qld | SN - UQ |
