| ABP | Androgen-Binding Protein |
| A. seminis | Actinobacillus seminis |
| AGID | Agar Gel Immunodiffusion |
| AI | Artificial Insemination |
| AS | Alternative Splicing |
| ASMA | Computer-Assisted Sperm Head Morphometry Analysis |
| BTV-3 | Bluetongue Virus Serotype 3 |
| B. ovis | Brucella ovis |
| cAMP | Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate |
| CBBP | Community-Based Breeding Program |
| CDS | Coding DNA Sequence |
| CFLAR | CASP8- and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulator |
| CNV | Copy Number Variation |
| DA | Differentially Abundant |
| DEG | Differentially Expressed Gene |
| EBV | Estimated Breeding Value |
| eCG | Equine Chorionic Gonadotropin |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| ErbB | Erythroblastic Leukemia Viral Oncogene B |
| FHA | Fourier Harmonic Amplitude |
| FoxO | Forkhead Box O |
| FSH | Follicle-Stimulating Hormone |
| GH | Growth Hormone |
| GnRH | Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| GWAS | Genome-Wide Association Study |
| HG | High-Grain (diet) |
| H. somni | Histophilus somni |
| HPG | Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Gonadal |
| IGF | Insulin-Like Growth Factor |
| IVF | In Vitro Fertilization |
| JEB | Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| KNDy–GnRH neurons | Kisspeptin, Neurokinin B, Dynorphin–Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons |
| Kp | Kisspeptin |
| LAMB3 | Laminin Subunit Beta-3 |
| LH | Luteinizing Hormone |
| lncRNAs | Long Non-Coding RNAs |
| MAINT | Maintenance |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase pathway |
| miR | MicroRNA |
| MSY | Male-Specific Region of the Y Chromosome |
| MXE | Mutually Exclusive Exons |
| NEG | Negative Plane Of Nutrition |
| NFKBIL1 | NF-κB Inhibitor-Like 1 |
| NOM | Number of Mounts |
| NVSL | National Veterinary Services Laboratories |
| PCR-RFLP | Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| PGs | Prostaglandins |
| PI3K-Akt | Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase–Akt pathway |
| POS | Positive Plane |
| QTL | Quantitative Trait Locus |
| RI | Intron Retention |
| rMATS | Multivariate Analysis of Transcript Splicing |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| RT | Reaction Time |
| RT-PCR | Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RT-qPCR | Reverse Transcription Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RXFP1 | Relaxin/Insulin-Like Peptide Receptor 1 |
| SC | Scrotal Circumference |
| SE | Skipped Exon (Alternative Splicing Event) |
| SNP | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| T | Testosterone |
| TGF-β | Transforming Growth Factor Beta |
| WGCNA | Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis |