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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 Flaviviridae Spondweni virus 2 3 3 3 3 Subspecies of Zika virus Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium piliforme 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Reoviridae Vertebrate coltiviruses 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mannheimia haemolytica 2 2 ht 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium absonum 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Bartonella grahamii 3 2 2 Z 2 PV Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Acidovorax spp. 2 2 plant pathogen No No Yes No No
virus Papovaviridae Shope papilloma virus 2 1 t2 No No No No No
bacteria Salmonella gallinarum-pullorum 2 2 2 RG 3 in animals Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium kansasii 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 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 Legionella birminghamensis 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Centipeda periodontii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Atopobium vaginae 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Paravaccinia virus 2 2 2 2 PHV No No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium marinum 2 2 2 2 2 2 Z 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Far Eastern Tick-borne encephalitis 4 4 3 Second schedule No No No Yes No
bacteria Legionella jordanis 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Chlamydia psittaci (avian strains) 3 2 3 3 2 3 Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 No Yes No No No
bacteria Bacillus pseudomycoides 2 1 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Sheeppox virus 2 3 1 t3 3 EPD, PM No Yes No No 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
bacteria Pasteurella gallinarum 2 PV No Yes No No No
parasite Leishmania braziliensis 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
bacteria Rickettsia helvetica 3 2 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 PV Yes No No No No
bacteria Flexibacter spp. Yes Yes No No No
virus Togaviridae Alphaviruses 3 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Treponema denticola 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Alteromonas haloplanktis 1 PI Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis No No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Poliovirus 2 All types, wild and attenuated 2 2 V (Type 1, 2, and 3 (see specific clause in regulation)) 2 2 V 2 3 3 Except for Sabin Type-1, Type-2, and Type-3 First schedule part 1 2 PH POL 2 Vaccine available Yes No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Flexal virus 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 First schedule part 1 3 PHV 3 Yes No No Yes 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
bacteria Neisseria meningitidis 2 2 2 b: Low infectious dose, high pathogenicity, common source of laboratory-acquired infections.; f: High risk of aerosol spread. 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/neisseria-meningitidis.html 2 V 2 2 V 2 2 Vaccine available Yes No No No No
bacteria Haemophilus paraphrophilus 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Echinococcus spp 2 2 2 G Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Eubacterium infirmum 2 2 2 PV Yes No No No No
bacteria Ehrlichia spp. 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Coronaviridae Berne virus 2 2 2 PM 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus dysgalactiae 2 2 2 ht (subsp. dysgalactiae, equisimilis) 2 PV (including subsp. dysgalactiae, equisimilis) Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Propionibacterium propionicum 2 Arachnia propionica 2 Old name: Arachnia propionica Yes No No No No
parasite Theileria parva 3 1 t2 No Yes No No No
parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/angiostrongylus-cantonensis.html 2 2 2 Z 2 AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia parkeri 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma imitans 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Fusobacterium spp. 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/fusobacterium.html This risk group applies to the genus as a whole, but does not necessarily reflect the risk group classification of every species within the genus. 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Enterococcus gallinarum 2 2 ht 2 PV (Streptococcus gallinarum) Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Herpesvirus saimiri 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium propinquum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Hazara virus 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 PHV 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Sphingobacterium spiritivorum 2 2 Old name:Flavobacterium spiritivorum Yes No No No No