ACN	Acetonitrile
AG	Aminoglycosides
AM	Amphenicols
AMX	Amoxicillin
AR	Antibiotics residues
AT	Anthelmintics
AV	Avermectins
BA	β-Agonists
BZM	Benzimidazole
CAP	Chloramphenicol
CC alfa	Decision limit
CC beta	Detection capability
CCD	Coccidiostats
CDC	Glucocorticoids
CL	Chemiluminescence
CP	cephalosporines
CTC	Chlortetracycline
Cval	Validation levels
DC	Doxycycline
dDMIP	Dummy molecularly imprinted polymer
DP	Diaminopyrimidines
DPX	weak cation exchange cartridges
dSPE	Solid-phase dispersion
d-SPME	Dispersive solid-phase microextraction
DYE	Dyes
EAEU	Eurasian Economic Union
EEA	European Economic Area
EMR-L	Enhanced Matrix Removal for Lipid
EFSA	European Food Safety Authority
ELISA	Enzyme-Linked Immune Sorbent Assay
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EU	European Union
FA	Formic Acid
FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FF	Florfenicol
FVO	Food and Veterinary Office
GCC	Gulf Cooperation Council
HCL	Hydrochloric acid
HFBA	Heptafluorobutyric acid
HILIC–MS/MS	Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry
HLB	Hydrophilic-lipophilic balance
HLB PRiME	Hydrophilic-lipophilic balance PRiME (process, robustness, improvements, matrix effects, ease of use)
HOM	Hormones
HPLC	High Performance Liquid Chromatography
HRMS	High-Resolution MS detectors
IO	Ionophores
IP	Ion Pairing
IZ	Imidazoles
LC	Liquid Chromatography
LC-MS/MS	Liquid Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry
LLE	Liquid-liquid extraction
LOD	Limit of detection
LOQ	Limit of quantification
LS	Lincosamides
MA	Macrolides
MAE	Microwave-assisted extraction
MEOH	Methanol
MEPS	Microextraction by packed sorbent
Micro-SPE MSPD	Micro-solid-phase extraction Matrix solid-phase dispersion
MIP	Molecularly imprinted polymer
MIP-SPE	Molecularly imprinted polymer solid-phase extraction
MISPE	Molecularly imprinted solid-phase extraction
MNPs	magnetic nanoparticles
MRL	Maximum residue limits
MS/MS	Tandem Mass Spectrometry
MSPE	Magnetic solid phase extraction
NMZ	Nitroimidazoles
OTC	Oxytetracycline
PDMS	Polydimethylsiloxane;
PEG	Poly ethylene glycol
PFPA	Pentafluoropropionic acid
PHWE	Pressurized hot water extraction
PLE	Pressurized liquid extraction
PN	Penicillins
PP	Polypeptides (Polymyxins)
PSA	Primary secondary amine
PT	Pleuromutilines
QDs	Quantum Dots
QN	Quinolones
QNX	Quinoxaline
QuEChERS	Quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe
Q-Orbitrap	Quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer
QqQ	Triple quadrupole mass detector
QToF	Quadrupole Time-of-Flight mass spectrometer
RASFF	Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed
AS	Sulfonamides (including Dapsone)
SBSE	Stir-bar sorptive extraction
SDZ	Sulfadiazine
SL	Screening limit
SLE	Solid–Liquid Extraction
SMX	Sulfamethoxazole
SMZ	Sulfamethazine
SOSLE	Salting-out supported liquid extraction
SPE	Solid phase extraction
SPME	Solid-phase microextraction
SPR	Surface Plasmon Resonance
SQX	Sulfaquinoxaline
STC	Screening Target Concentration
TAP	Thiamphenicol
TC	Tetracyclines
TCA	Trichloroacetic acid
TFA	Trifluoroacetic acid
TQ	Tranquilizers
TT	Anti-thyroids
ToF	Time of Flight
UHPLC-QqQ	UHPLC coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry
UHPLC	Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
UAE	Ultrasonic-assisted extraction
UCNPs	Upward Converting Nanoparticles
UHPLC–MS/MS	Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry
UHPLC-Q/ToF	UHPLC coupled to Time of Flight mass spectrometry
VMPs	Veterinary Medicinal Products