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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 lipofaciens 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Lawsonia intracellularis 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Burkholderia mallei 3 Pseudomonas mallei 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/burkholderia-pseudomonas-mallei-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html Biosafety level 3 practices and containment for activities utilizing infectious body fluids, tissues and cultures; Agriculture Canada may impose additional requirements or restrictions on the use of this agent. 3 Pseudomonas mallei 3* 3 Z 3 First Schedule Part II 3 3 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
virus Orthomyxoviridae Avian influenza virus (Fowl plague) 2 low pathogenic; 3 high pathogenic 3 Exotic pathogenic strains 2 RG 3 in animals https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/influenza-a-virus-subtypes-h5-h7-h9.html 2 Yes Yes No No Yes
parasite Ascaris suum 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/ascaris-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 A 2 2 A, Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 A Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium hastiforme 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Actinomyces graevenitzii 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 2 Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Feline immunodefiency virus (FIV) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Sanguibacter keddieii 1 t+ 2 PV? No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma mycoides subsp.myocoides 2 3 2 t3 3 PV, EPD No Yes No No No
bacteria Legionella cincinnatiensis 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Calymmatobacterium granulomatis 2 No No No No No
virus Orthomyxoviridae Influenza virus (vaccine strain) 2 2 2 No No No No No
parasite Balantidium spp Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium limosum 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Actinomyces naeslundii 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
virus Retroviridae Guinea pig lymphosarcoma virus (guinea pig LSA) 3 No Yes No No 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 Haemophilus parahaemolyticus 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Tatumella ptyseos 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Porphyromonas asaccharolytica 2 2 ht 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Erysipelothrix insidiosa No Yes No No No
bacteria Rickettsia mooseri 3 3 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 See Rickettsia typhi Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia theileri 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Onchocerca spp 2 Filaria worms 2 AAH, AHH Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens 2 1 p2 1 PP No No Yes No No
bacteria Citrobacter braakii 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Acinetobacter calcoaceticus 2 2 2 No 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
virus Reoviridae African horse sickness virus 3 3 1 t3 3 EPD, PM No Yes No No Yes
bacteria Fusobacterium periodonticum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Streptococcus anginosus 2 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Bacteroides coagulans 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 Bilophila wadsworthia 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Giardia spp 2 2 other species than listed No Yes No No No
virus Togaviridae Mayaro virus 2 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mayaro-virus.html Containment Level 3 facilities, equipment, and operational practices for work involving infectious or potentially infectious materials, animals, or cultures. 3 3 3 3 First schedule part 1 3 PHV 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Tsukamurella inchonensis 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Capnocytophaga haemolytica 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/capnocytophaga.html 2 2 TMP Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Uukuniemi virus 2 2 2 2 PH Yes No No No No
bacteria Shigella flexneri 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Edwardsiella tarda 2 2 2 RG 3 in animals https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/edwardsiella-tarda.html 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
parasite Trypanosoma spp 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Anaplasma caudatum 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Dientamoeba fragilis 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Carp herpesvirus 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Birnaviridae Rotifer birnavirus 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma dispar 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii 2 1 + 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Smallpox (Variola major) Restricted 4 4 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/variola-virus.html Prohibited 4 V 4 4 Second schedule 4 PH, VAR 4 Yes No No Yes No
parasite Schistosoma japonicum 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/schistosoma-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html Schistosoma spp. 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No