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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 Bacteroides helcogenes 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacteroides.html 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Loa spp 2 Filaria worms 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Eperythrozoon parvum 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Orthomyxoviridae 1918 Pandemic Influenza virus 3 3 4 Second schedule No No No Yes No
bacteria Acholeplasma oculi 2 t 2 PV No No No No No
bacteria Vibrio ordalii 2 1 t2 2 PV Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Moraxella lacunata 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/moraxella.html 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Brucella suis 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 Biosafety 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 First Schedule Part II 3 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
virus Arenaviridae Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (non-neurotropic) strains 2 2 2 2 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/lymphocytic-choriomeningitis-virus.html 2 2 2 3 First Schedule Part 1 2 PHV 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Gordonia bronchialis 2 2 2 (Rhodococcus bronchialis) Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Cowpox virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 PHV 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Moraxella (Branhamella) ovis 2 2 2 t 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Burkholderia multivorans 2 2 2 2 No No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Pichinde virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Haemobartonella felis 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Poxviridae Fowlpox virus 2 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Pasteurella multocida 3 Type B -"buffalo" and other virulent strains 2 RG 3 in animals 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/pasteurella.html 2 2 2 Z (subsp. gallicida, multicoda, septica) 2 (including subsp. gallicida, multocida, septica 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Arcobacter butzleri 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
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 Clostridium limosum 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Leptospira noguchii 2 2 RG 3 in animals 2 Z 2 Yes Yes 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
bacteria Borrelia persica 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Trichostrongylus orientalis 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Fluoribacter gormanii 2 Legionella spp 2 Legionella gormanii 2 Legionella spp 2 2 (Legionella gormanii) 2 Legionella spp Yes No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Duck hepatitis virus 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
parasite Contracaecum osculatum 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma alkalescens 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Citrobacter braakii 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Caliciviridae Sapovirus (former Sapporo virus) 2 2 (like viruses) 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Kluyvera ascorbata 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Reoviridae Vertebrate coltiviruses 2 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
bacteria Beneckea parahaemolytica 2 2 2 Yes No 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 Nocardia salmonicida 2 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Coxiella burnetii 3 Except the Phase II, Nine Mile strain listed in Appendix B-II-A, Risk Group 2 (RG2) - Bacterial Agents Including Chlamydia 3 3 Australia (cultures, animal work and concentrates) (Special precautions: V, P); 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/coxiella-burnetii.html 3 3* 3 Z 3 First Schedule Part II 3 3 Yes Yes No Yes 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 Mycobacterium heidelbergense 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No 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
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 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 Rhodococcus chubuensis 2 (syn.: Gordonia sputi) Yes No No No No
bacteria Proteus penneri 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/proteus.html 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Eubacterium tortuosum 2 2 ht 2 Yes Yes 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 Mycoplasma pullorum 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No