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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
bacteria Mycoplasma columbinasale 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Canine distemper virus (Carre's virus) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Legionella feeleii 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Bovine ephemeral fever virus 3 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Arcanobacterium bernardiae 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Pseudomonas luteola 2 2 2 lower priority synonym: Chryseomonas luteola Yes No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Picornaviruses of fishes 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma dispar 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Measles virus 2 2 Vaccination available 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/measles-virus.html 2 V 2 2 2 PH 2 Vaccine available Yes No No No No
bacteria Legionella parisiensis 2 1 + 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 1 PIIC Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium histolyticum 2 2 2 see previous edition 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Yersinia ruckeri 3 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Louping ill virus 3 3 3 3 (**) 3* 3(**) 3 First schedule part 1 3 PHV 3 * Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia latyschewii 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Sphingobacterium thalpophilum 2 2 Old name: Flavobacterium thalpophilum Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Feline leukemia virus 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 3 1 t2 2 PM No No No No No
bacteria Pasteurella lymphangitidis 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium simiae 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Enterobacter cancerogenus 2 2 2 (Erwinia cancerogena) No No Yes No No
parasite Leishmania donovani 2 2 3 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/leishmania.html 3 (**) 3* 3(**) Z 2, 3 **, AHH, OST, IVE, ZOP 3* Yes Yes No No No
virus Orthomyxoviridae Influenza virus (vaccine strain) 2 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Actinomyces odontolyticus 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinomyces-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Chryseobacterium indoltheticum 1 1 Yes No No No No
bacteria Vibrio cincinnatiensis 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Prion Scrapie 2 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* 2 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Fluoribacter bozemaniae 2 Legionella spp 2 Legionella bozemanii/bozemanae 2 Legionella 2 2 2 (Legionella bozemaniae) 2 Legionella bozmanii Yes No No No No
bacteria Neisseria sicca 2 2 TA 2 TA Yes No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Guanarito virus 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Second schedule 4 PHV 4 Yes Yes No Yes No
bacteria Mycobacterium canettii 2 3 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex.html#footnote28 3 First Schedule Part I 3 Yes No No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium ulcerans 2 2 see previous edition 2 2 T, Z 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
parasite Echinococcus vogeli 2 2 2 See Echinococcus spp. 3 3 (**) 3* 3(**) Z 2, 3 **, AAH, AHH, OST, PIH, ZOP 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Acinetobacter johnsonii 2 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Capnocytophaga canimorsus 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/capnocytophaga.html 2 ht 2 No No No No No
virus Togaviridae Equine viral arteritis 2 No No No No No
bacteria Prevotella ruminicola 2 2 2 Old name:Bacteroides ruminicola subsp. Ruminicola Yes No No No No
virus Filoviridae Ebola virus 4 4 4 4 4 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/ebolavirus.html 4 4 4 4 Second Schedule 4 PHV 4 Yes Yes No Yes No
bacteria Eubacterium lentum 2 PV Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma maculosum 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Selenomonas infelix 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Toxocara canis 2 2 2 G 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/toxocara-canis-toxocara-cati.html Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Comamonas terrigena 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Haemophilus spp. 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Photobacterium damsela subsp. damsela 2 Listonella damsela 2 Z 2 Old names: Vibrio damselae ; Listonella damselae Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Treponema lecithinolyticum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Uukuniemi virus 2 2 2 2 PH Yes No No No No
bacteria Enterococcus hirae 2 2 ht 2 PV Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Bacteroides ovatus 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacteroides.html 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Rickettsia siberica 3 3 3 3 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 Yes No No No No
parasite Opisthorchis felineus 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/opisthorchis-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html Opisthorchis spp. 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Rabbitpox virus 2 2 RG 3 in animals 2 g 2 2 PH, VAR Yes Yes No No No