AMPs	antimicrobial peptides
ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
BALB	Bagg Albino Mouse
BAVS	Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee
CD	cluster of differentiation
CFU	colony-forming unit
EFSA	European Food Safety Authority
EHEC	Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli
ETEC	Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
EFSA	European Food Safety Authority
EIBMV	Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology, and Virology
HF	Holstein–Friesian
HIIET	Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
HGT	horizontal gene transfer
Hp	haptoglobin
ICR	Institute of Cancer Research
ICTV	International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
IFNγ	Interferon gamma
Ig	immunoglobulin
i.p	intraperitoneally
i.n	intranasal
INSDC	International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration
IL	interleukin
LAB	lactic acid bacteria
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
MAC-T	mammary alveolar cells
MDR	multidrug-resistant
MHC	major histocompatibility complex
MOI	multiplicity of infection
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NK	Natural killer
PFU	plaque-forming units
PMN	polymorphonuclear
RBPs	receptor-binding proteins
ROS	reactive oxygen species
mRNA	messenger RNA
SAA	serum amyloid A
ssRNA	single-stranded ribonucleic acid
dsRNA	double-stranded ribonucleic acid
ssDNA	single-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid
dsDNA	double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid
SPF	specific free pathogens
stx	Shiga toxin
TEM	transmission electron microscopy
TNF-α	tumour necrosis factor α
UV	ultraviolet
WHO	World Health Organization