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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 Prion Scrapie 2 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/creutzfeldt-jakob-agent-kuru-agent.html Biosafety level 3 facilities, practices and containment equipment for activities involving these agents; also listed under biosafety level 2 with special precautions; level of containment will depend on the nature of the manipulations and the amount of sera, bio/necropsy materials handled 3* 2 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Atopobium parvulum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Melissococcus pluton 3 2 PI No Yes No No No
bacteria Rickettsia massiliae 3 2 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 Yes No No No No
bacteria Fusobacterium sulci 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Brugia spp 2 Filaria worms 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/brugia-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 AHH Yes No No No No
virus Hepadnaviridae Woodchuck hepatitis B virus 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Togaviridae Equine viral arteritis 2 No No No No No
bacteria Borrelia vincenti No No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma conjunctivae 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus acidominimus 2 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
virus Arenaviridae Simian haemorrhagic fever virus 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Alcaligenes denitrificans 1 No No 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 Paramyxoviridae Avian paramyxovirus (not 1) 2 2 through 9 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium absonum 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Pasteurella dagmatis 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/pasteurella.html 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Yersinia enterocolitica 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/yersinia-enterocolitica.html 2 2 2 Z 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Flaviviridae Israel turkey meningoencephalitis virus 2 with 3 practices 3 3 2 t3 3 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Bordetella pertussis 2 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bordetella-pertussis.html 2 V 2 2 T, V 2 Third Schedule 2 2 Vaccine available Yes No No No No
bacteria Ehrlichia ewingii 2 2 Z 2 PV Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium porcinum 2 2 2 2 ht 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Shigella dysenteriae 2 2 2 (other than type 1) 2 2 other than type 1 2 2 (not type 1) 2 (not serovar 1 which is RG 3!) Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Rabbitpox virus 2 2 RG 3 in animals 2 g 2 2 PH, VAR Yes Yes No No No
parasite Heterophyes spp 2 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Iridoviridae Lymphocystis disease virus 2 1 t2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Centipeda periodontii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Flavobacterium yabuuchiae 2 (syn.: Sphingobacterium spiritivorum) Yes No No No No
bacteria Neisseria lactamica 1 + 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Ureaplasma diversum 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium minutissimum 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium avium 2 2 RG 3 in animals 2 2 Mycobacterium intracellulare 2 2 ht (also subsp. avium, paratuberculosis, silvaticum) 2 (refer to Mycobacterium avium. Including subsp. aviumincluding: subsp. avium, paratuberculosis, silvaticum) 2 Yes Yes No No No
parasite Isopora spp 2 2 other species than listed 2 AAH No Yes No No No
virus Orthomyxoviridae Eel influenza virus A (EV-2) No Yes 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 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
bacteria Vibrio alginolyticus 2 Beneckea alginolytica 2 TA, Z 2 TA; (= Beneckea alginolytica) No Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium propinquum 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
virus Rhabdoviridae Invertebrate lyssaviruses 2 No Yes No No No
virus Arenaviridae Amapari virus 2 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Aeromonas allosaccharophila 2 2 No No No No No
virus Picornaviridae Porcine enterovirus type 1 (Teschen disease) 3 1 t2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella spp. 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Echinococcus granulosus 2 2 2 See Echinococcus spp. 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/echinococcus-granulosus-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 3 (**) 3* 3(**) Z 2, 3 **, AAH, AHH, PIH, ZOP, OST 3 Classified under SAPO Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Eubacterium limosum 2 1 + 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma meleagridis 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium sphenoides 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Coronaviridae Rat coronavirus 2 2 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No