ACMF—Australian Chicken Meat Federation
ABS—Australian Bureau of Statistics
Acid—See below definition of pH
ACT—Australian Capital Territory
BSE—bovine spongiform encephalopathy
COPD—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
DAF—Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
DDE—dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, a chemical compound formed by the loss of hydrogen chloride from DDT
DDT—dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DEC WA—Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia
DPIWE—Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmania
EPA SA—Environment Protection Authority South Australia
EPA VIC—Environment Protection Authority Victoria
FPD—foot pad dermatitis
GHG—greenhouse gas
HHV—higher heating value
LW—liveweight
MJ—megajoules
NH3—ammonia
NH4—ammonium
NMP—nutrient management plan
NRMMC—Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
NSW—New South Wales
NSW DPI—New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
NSW EPA—New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority
ODTS—organic dust toxic syndrome
pH—A logarithmic scale from 0–14, where 7.0 is neutral, that measures the concentration of hydrogen to determine how acidic (below 7.0) or alkaline (above 7.0) a substance is.
QLD—Queensland
RAM—restricted animal material
RIRDC—Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (now trading as AgriFutures Australia)
SA—South Australia
STEL—short term exposure limit
TAS—Tasmania
TWA—time weighted average
USA—United States of America
UV—ultraviolet
VFS—vegetative filter strip
VIC—Victoria
VS—volatile solids
WA—Western Australia
WH&S—workplace health and safety
WPSA—World Poultry Science Association
