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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
virus Caliciviridae Feline calicivirus 2 2 2 2 Other caliciviridae 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Fusobacterium sulci 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Piroplasma spp Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Paenibacillus popilliae 2 1 n 2 No Yes No No No
virus Poxviridae Milker's node virus 2 2 2 2 PHV 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella tannerae 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium microti 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 ** 3* 3(**) Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 ** 3 * Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Varicella Zoster virus 2 2 2 Vaccination available 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/varicella-zoster-virus.html 2 2 2 2 PH 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
bacteria Xylella fastidiosa 3 Plant pathogen; aka Pierce's Disease 1 p2 3 PP: QUA No No Yes No No
virus Herpesviridae Equid herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Legionella hackeliae 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae other pathogenic orthopoxviruses not in RG 2 or 4 2 No No No No No
bacteria Propionibacterium propionicum 2 Arachnia propionica 2 Old name: Arachnia propionica Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium pinnipedii 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 Z No No No No No
virus Iridoviridae Iridoviruses of chilids, perch, goldfish, common cod, carp and cat-fish 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Catonella morbi 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Yersinia kristensenii 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Herpes simplex viruses 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/herpes-simplex-virus.html 2 types 1 and 2 2 2 2 PH 2 (Types 1-2) Yes No No No No
bacteria Legionella pneumophila 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/legionella-pneumophila.html 2 2 2 (subsp. fraseri, pascullei, pneumophila) 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Shigella sonnei 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Brucella abortus 3 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/brucella-b-abortus-b-canis-b-melitensis-b-suis-material-safety-data-sheets-msds.html iosafety level 2 practices for activities involving clinical materials of human or animal origin; Biosafety level 3 containment, practices and facilities for all manipulations of cultures and for experimental animal studies. 3 3* 3 Z 3 Except for the attenduate strains 19 or RB51 First Schedule Part II 3 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
virus Bunyaviridae California encephalitis virus 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/california-serogroup-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 2 3 First schedule part 1 2 PHV 2 Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Simian sarcoma viruses (SSV) 3 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Serpulina intermedia 2 Brachyspira intermedia 2 PV Yes No No No No
bacteria Neisseria iguanae 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Dermatiphulus chelonae 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Murine poliovirus (Theiler's encephalomyelitis virus, TO, FA, GD7) 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Porphyromonas cansulci 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Hymenolepis spp 2 2 AAH, see vampirolepis Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Vagococcus salmoninarum 2 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Saumarez Reef 2 2 3 2 3 No Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia dugesii 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Bacteroides distasonis https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacteroides.html 2 No No No No No
bacteria Faenia rectivirgula 2 1 PIIC (see Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula) Yes Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Equine infectious anemia virus 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Rickettsia typhi (mooseri) 3 3 3 3 3 Rickettsia mooseri 3 3 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma hyorhinis 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium cystitidis 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Dracunculus medinensis 2 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Anaplasma centrale 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae 2 2 2 2 2 2 Z 2 PV 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Pseudomonas spp. 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/pseudomonas.html Yes No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Parana virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Actinomyces spp. 2 species which are known to be pathogens in humans 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 2 No No No No No
virus Parvoviridae Hamster H-1 virus 2 H-1 parvovirus 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium perfringens 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/clostridium-perfringens.html This risk group applies to the species as a whole, and may not apply to every strain. 2 2 2 ht, T 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Togaviridae Cabassou virus 3 3 3 3 PHV No Yes No No No
bacteria Taylorella equigenitalis 2 Haemophilus equigenitalis 2 t 2 PV ; Old name: Haemophilus equigenitalis No Yes No No No
bacteria Haemophilus vaginalis 2 (Gardnerella vaginalis) 2 Gardnerella vaginalis 2 Gardnerella vaginalis 2 (Gardnerella vaginalis) 2 Gardnerella vaginalis Yes No No No No