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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 eggerthii 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 prowazekii 3 3 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/rickettsia-prowazekii.html 3 3 3 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 3 Yes No No Yes No
virus Poxviridae Orf virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 PHV 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Aerococcus christensenii https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/aerococcus.html 1 + 2 No No No No No
bacteria Melissococcus pluton 3 2 PI No Yes No No No
parasite Capillaria spp 2 2 2 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Bovine herpesvirus 1 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Fusobacterium sulci 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Brucella neotomae 3 2 3 3 3 Z Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus canis 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Baculoviridae Invertebrate baculoviruses A containment level appropriate for RG1 human agents is recommended for their use. 2 No Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Simian sarcoma virus, SSV-1 3 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Anaplasma marginale 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Picornaviridae Monkey enteroviruses (SEV) 2 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma conjunctivae 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Actinobacillus equuli 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinobacillus-aggregatibacter.html 2 ht 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Burkholderia cepacia 2 2 2 2 2 TA, ht, p 2 PP TA 2 No No Yes No No
bacteria Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus 2 2 2 ht 2 No Yes No No No
virus Bornaviridae Borna disease virus 2 RG 3 in animals 3 2 2 PM 2 No Yes No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Duvenhage virus 2 3 RG 2 in animals 3 3(**) 3 **, PHV 3 Classified under SAPO Rabies vaccine provides protection No Yes No No No
bacteria Arcanobacterium haemolyticum 2 Corynebacterium haemolyticum 2 2 2 Corynebacterium haemolyticum 2 2 ht 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Pseudomonas mendocina 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Picornaviruses of insects (e.g. Drosophila C virus, Cricket paralysis virus) 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma edwardii 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Actinobacillus rossii 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinobacillus-aggregatibacter.html 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Menangle 2 NULL; see previous edition 2 No 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 Clostridium indolis 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Yersinia spp. 2 Australia (except Y. pestis) 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae Murray Valley encephalitis virus 3 2 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/murray-valley-encephalitis.html 3 3 3 3 First schedule part 1 3 PHV 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia mazzottii 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Retroviridae Feline lymphosarcoma virus (FeLV, Feline leukaemia virus) 3 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Pasteurella mairii 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium spp. 2 2 2 f: High risk of aerosol spread. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex.html#footnote28 Yes No No No No
bacteria Enterobacter cloacae 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No Yes No No
parasite Leishmania major 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/leishmania.html 2 2 2 Z 2 AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Orthomyxoviridae Seal influenza virus A 2 2 3 No Yes No No No
bacteria Chryseobacterium meningosepticum Elizabethkingia meningoseptica 2 see flavobacterium meningosepticum 2 2 Elizabethkingia meningoseptica Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Vibrio fluvialis 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Prion Transmissible mink encephalopathy 3 2 3 3* 3(**) No Yes No No No
bacteria Fluoribacter dumoffii 2 Legionella spp 2 Legionella dumoffii 2 Legionella spp 2 2 (Legionella dumoffii) 2 Legionella spp Yes No No No No
bacteria Neisseria spp. https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/neisseria.html Yes Yes No No No
virus Arenaviridae Ippy virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium caprae 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
bacteria Corynebacterium urealyticum 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Eimeria bovis 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Capnocytophaga cynodegmi 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 Everglade virus 3 3 3 (**) 3 3(**) 3 First schedule part 1 3 ** PHV 3 * Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella spp. 2 2 2 Yes No No No No