| A-72 | canine tumour cell line |
| AS | antiserum |
| AS/Gt | antiserum, goat |
| AS/Cf | antiserum, calf |
| AS/Rt | antiserum, rat |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| AUBEK | bovine foetal kidney cell line |
| B/K | bovine kidney cells |
| B/K line | bovine kidney cell line |
| B/L | bovine lung cells |
| B/LN | bovine lymph node cells |
| B/T | bovine testes cells |
| BF/TH | bovine foetal thyroidea cell line |
| B/TR | bovine trachea cell line |
| B/SK | bovine skin cells |
| BF/K | bovine foetal kidney cells |
| BF/L | bovine foetal lung cells |
| BHK-21 | baby hamster kidney cell line |
| BTu/C | bovine turbinate cells |
| BSC | Cercopithecus monkey kidney cells |
| CE | chicken embryo |
| CE/ALS | chicken embryo allantoic sac |
| CE/C | chicken embryo cells (fibroblasts) |
| CE/CAM | chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane |
| CE/L | chicken embryo lung cells |
| CE/LI | chicken embryo liver cells |
| CRFK | ATCC CCL-94 cat kidney cell line |
| D-17 | canine primary osteogenic sarcoma cell line |
| D/K | dog kidney cells |
| CE/K | chicken embryo kidney cells |
| DKE | duck embryo |
| EBTr | emryonic bovine trachea cell line |
| EF/L | equine foetal lung cells |
| EPC | epithelioma papulosum cyprini cell line |
| F/C | feline cells |
| Fe | feline cell line |
| F/K | feline kidney cell line |
| F/K Crandell | Crandell feline kidney cell line |
| Fc3Tg | feline tongue diploid cell line |
| FHM | fathead minnow cell line |
| G/K | gossling kidney cells |
| H | hamster |
| sHA/K | syrian hamster kidney cell line |
| HeLa | human cervical carcinoma cell line |
| L/K | lamb kidney cells |
| L | lamb lung cells |
| L929 | mouse fibroblast cell line |
| M | mouse |
| MA-104 | embryonic rhesus monkey kidney cell line |
| MARC-145 | monkey kidney cell line |
| M/B | mouse brain cells |
| MF/F | mouse foetal fibroblasts cells |
| MDBK | Madin Darby bovine kidney cell line |
| MDCK | Madin Darby canine kidney cell line |
| NBIMCC | National Bank for Industrial Microorganisms and Cell Cultures |
| NPTh | pig thyroid cell line |
| O/K | ovine retina cells |
| Patent | patent strain |
| PD 5 | pig kidney cell line |
| P/K | pig kidney cells |
| PK-K | pig kidney cell line |
| Pkc | pig kidney cell line |
| PK 15 | pig kidney cell line |
| P/L | pig lung cells |
| P/T | pig testes cells |
| PLM | pig lung macrophages cell culture |
| P/SK | pig skin cells |
| P/TH | pig thyroid cells |
| PF/K | pig foetal kidney cells |
| PFL-R | equine foetal lung diploid cell line |
| PG | pike gonad cell line |
| R | rabbit |
| REF | rabbit embryonic fibroblats |
| RT | rat |
| R/K | rabbit kidney cells |
| RK-13 | rabbit kidney cell line |
| RPD | pig kidney cell line |
| RtF/F | rat foetal fibroblasts cells |
| RTG-2 | rainbow trout gonad cell line |
| R.i.c. | rabbit intracerebral |
| SHA | syrian hamster |
| SK-6 | swine kidney cell line |
| SPEV | swine foetal kidney cell line |
| SPF | specific pathogen free |
| ST | swine testes cell line |
| VERO | African Green monkey kidney cell line |
| CR | Czech Republic |
| SR | Slovak Republic |