| AAALAC | Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
| AALAS | American Association for Laboratory Animal Science |
| ABSL | Animal Bio-Safety Level |
| ACUC | Animal Care and Use Committee |
| ALAT | Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (AALAS Certified) |
| APD | Animal Program Director |
| ASP | Animal Study Proposal |
| BSL | Bio-Safety Level |
| CAN | Common Accounting Number |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control |
| CMB | Comparative Medicine Branch |
| CRL | Charles River Laboratories |
| DCT | Division of Cancer Treatment (part of the National Cancer Institute) |
| DES | Division of Engineering Services |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| DIR | Division of Intramural Research |
| DS | Division of Safety |
| ETO | Ethylene Oxide |
| FCRDC | Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GLP | Good Laboratory Practices |
| GTS | Gene Targeting Section |
| HEPA | High Efficiency Particulate Air |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HRP | Hazleton Research Products |
| HSD | Harlan Sprague Dawley |
| HTLV | Human T-cell Lymphotrophic Lentivirus |
| IBC | Institutional Biosafety Committee |
| IC | Institute or Center |
| IPM | Integrated Pest Management |
| JAX | The Jackson Laboratory |
| LAD | Laboratory of Allergic Diseases |
| LAT | Laboratory Animal Technician (AALAS Certified) |
| LATG | Laboratory Animal Technologist (AALAS Certified) |
| LCID | Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases |
| LCMI | Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology |
| LHD | Laboratory of Host Defenses |
| LI | Laboratory of Immunology |
| LID | Laboratory of Infectious Diseases |
| LIG | Laboratory of Immunogenetics |
| LIP | Laboratory of Immunopathology |
| LIR | Laboratory of Immunoregulation |
| LMM | Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology |
| LMS | Laboratory of Molecular Structure |
| LPD | Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases |
| LSS | Laboratory Sciences Section |
| LVD | Laboratory of Viral Diseases |
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet |
| NCAB | National Capital Area Branch of AALAS |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NHP | Nonhuman Primate |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIH | The National Institutes of Health |
| NIHAC | The National Institutes of Health Animal Center (Poolesville, MD) |
| OACU | Office of Animal Care and Use |
| ORS | Office of Research Services |
| OSD | Office of the Scientific Director |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| RALAT | Registered Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician |
| RLAT | Registered Laboratory Animal Technician |
| RLATG | Registered Laboratory Animal Technologist |
| RML | Rocky Mountain Laboratories |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| TXS | Trimethoprim Sulfa |
| TAC | Taconic Farms |
| USAMRIID | United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USUHS | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
| VRP | Veterinary Resources Program |
| WRAIR | Walter Reed Army Institute for Research |