| AI | artificial intelligence |
| ARRIVE | Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BHI | Brain Heart Infusion |
| BSE | bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| CFU | colony-forming unit |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DPBS | Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline |
| GRA | granulocytes |
| HCT | hematocrit |
| HGB | hemoglobin |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| LYM | lymphocytes |
| MIC | minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MON | monocytes |
| MRD | Maximum Recovery Diluent |
| MRS | de Man–Rogosa–Sharpe |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| NC | negative control |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| NOAEL | no-observed-adverse-effect level |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PLT | platelet count |
| RBC | red blood cell count |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SDS | sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| TM | test material |
| TSE | transmissible spongiform encephalopathy |
| WBC | white blood cell count |
| WGS | whole-genome sequencing |