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Agent Type Genus / Virus Group Species / Virus Name NIH NIH notes BMBL Australia / New Zealand Austrailia / New Zealand notes Belgium Belgium notes Canada Canada PSDS Canada Notes European Community European Community notes Georgia Georgia notes Germany Germany notes Singapore Singapore notes Singapore schedule Switzerland Switzerland notes United Kingdom United Kingdom notes Human Pathogen Animal Pathogen Plant Pathogen Select Agent CDC Select Agent USDA
parasite Fasciola gigantica 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/fasciola-hepatica.html Fasciola hepatica 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Salmonid herpesvirus (Herpesvirus salmonis) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma spp. 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycoplasma.html This risk group classification applies to the genus as a whole, but may not be representative of every species within the genus. Yes No No No No
bacteria Flavobacterium yabuuchiae 2 (syn.: Sphingobacterium spiritivorum) Yes No No No No
bacteria Aeromonas bestiarum 2 1 ht+ 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium minutissimum 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Ovine pulmonary adenomatosis virus 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Shewanella algae 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Trichostrongylus orientalis 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Duck hepatitis virus 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Porphyromonas spp. 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
parasite Contracaecum osculatum 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Bartonella talpae 3 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Eubacterium contortum 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinobacillus-aggregatibacter.html 2 t 2 PV (Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae) No Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium piliforme 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Caliciviridae Sapovirus (former Sapporo virus) 2 2 (like viruses) 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Reoviridae Vertebrate coltiviruses 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium africanum 2 3 2 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex.html#footnote28 3 V 2 3 V, Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 3 Vaccine available Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Salmonella choleraesuis 2 2 2 ('enterica') subsp. arizonae (Salmonella arizonae), subsp. diarizonae, houtenae, indica, salamae Yes Yes No No No
parasite Plasmodium spp 2 2 2 (human & simian) 2 (human,simian) 2 2 AHH, AAH 2 (human & simian) Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Pasteurella testudinis 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Haemophilus parasuis 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Bacillus popiliae 1 PI No No No No No
bacteria Enterococcus faecalis 2 2 TA 2 (Streptococcus faecalis) Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Herpes virus B (Herpesvirus simiae) 4 Herpes B or Monkey B virus 4 4 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/cercopithecinae-herpes-virus-1.html 3 4 3 4 Ceropithecine herpesvirus 1 Second Schedule 3 PHV 4 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis 3 2 3 First schedule part 2 Yes Yes No Yes No
bacteria Streptococcus porcinus 2 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever 4 4 4 4 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/crimean-congo-haemorrhagic-fever-virus.html 4 4* 4 4 Second schedule 4 PHV 4 Yes Yes No Yes No
bacteria Liberobacter africanum 3 PP QUA Yes No No No No
bacteria Rhodococcus chubuensis 2 (syn.: Gordonia sputi) Yes No No No No
bacteria Brevibacterium avium 2 t 2 No No No No No
bacteria Fusobacterium sulci 2 Yes No No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Sendai virus (murine parainfluenza virus type 1) 2 2 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Allomonas enterica 1 + 2 No No No No No
parasite Anisakis simplex 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae Spondweni virus 2 3 3 3 3 Subspecies of Zika virus Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma bovigenitalium 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Staphylococcus lugdunensis 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Lactobacillus catenaformis 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium carnis 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Prion Kuru 3 2 2 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/creutzfeldt-jakob-agent-kuru-agent.html Biosafety level 3 facilities, practices and containment equipment for activities involving these agents; also listed under biosafety level 2 with special precautions; level of containment will depend on the nature of the manipulations and the amount of sera, bio/necropsy materials handled 3 **, D, d 3* 3(**) 3 First schedule part 1 3 ** PH TSE 3 * Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia brasiliensis 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Microsporidium spp. 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Papovaviridae Bovine polyomavirus (BpoV) 2 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Nocardiopsis dassonvillei 2 2 (including subsp. dassonvillei, prasina) Yes No No No No
bacteria Vibrio vulnificus 2 2 Beneckea vulnifica 2 2 Z 2 Old name: Beneckea vulnifica Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium kansasii 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Ehrlichia ewingii 2 2 Z 2 PV Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Chlamydia spp. 2 No No No No No