| ADG | Average daily gain |
| AISI | American Iron and Steel Institute |
| AMR | Antimicrobial resistance |
| AMU | Antimicrobial use |
| ARG | Antimicrobial resistance genes |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BRD | Bovine respiratory disease |
| CIP | Cleaning-in-place |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DWDS | Drinking water distribution systems |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EPDM | Ethylene propylene diene monomer |
| EPS | Extracellular polymeric substances |
| ESUAvet | European Sales and Use of Antimicrobials for Veterinary Medicine |
| EU | European Union |
| JIACRA | Joint Inter-Agency Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance Analysis |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry |
| MALDI-TOF MS | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| MDR | Multidrug-resistant |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| PE | Polyethylene |
| PVC | Polyvinyl chloride |
| SCC | Somatic cell count |
| STEC | Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli |
| VRE | Vancomycin-resistant enterococci |