| ABMs | Animal-based measures |
| AIA | Associazione Italiana Allevatori |
| ANARE | Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Bovini di Razza Rendena |
| ARAV | Associazione Regionale Allevatori del Veneto |
| CReNBA | National Reference Centre for Animal Welfare |
| DGSA | General Directorate of Animal Health and Veterinary Drugs |
| DSCC | Differential somatic cell count |
| DSCS | Differential somatic cell score |
| HS | Housing system |
| IZSLER | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna |
| LHS | Loose housing system |
| SCC | Somatic cell count |
| SCS | Somatic cell score |
| THS | Tied housing system |