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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
parasite Capillaria philippinensis 2 2 2 Z 2 AHH 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Herpesviridae Baboon herpesvirus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 2) 3 RG 2 in animals 1 t2 2 PM Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Actinobacillus hominis 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/actinobacillus-aggregatibacter.html 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium hastiforme 2 Yes No No No No
virus Astroviridae Astroviruses 2 2 2 PM, PH 2 Yes Yes No No No
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 Mycobacterium bovis 3 Except BCG vaccine strain (RG2) 3 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 V, except BCG strain 3* 3 V, Z 3 First Schedule Part I 3 (Except BCG strain) Yes Yes No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Canine distemper virus (Carre's virus) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Enterobacter asburiae 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Yersinia kristensenii 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae Kokobera virus 2 2 2 2 2 No No No No No
bacteria Chryseobacterium indologenes 2 formerly flavobacterium 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella nigrescens 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Togaviridae Middelburg virus 2 3 3 2 3 PHV 3 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma imitans 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
virus Poxviridae Sheeppox virus 2 3 1 t3 3 EPD, PM No Yes No No Yes
parasite Hymenolepis spp 2 2 AAH, see vampirolepis Yes Yes No No No
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 Corynebacterium striatum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Vagococcus salmoninarum 2 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Sanguibacter inulinus 1 t+ 2 PV? No Yes No No No
bacteria Campylobacter upsaliensis 2 2 2 Z 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Haemophilus piscium 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Peptostreptococcus prevotii 2 Anaerococcus prevotii 2 (Peptococcus prevotii) No Yes No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Egtved virus (Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Asfaviridae African swine fever virus 3 4 3* 1 t4 4 EPD, PM No Yes No No Yes
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
bacteria Campylobacter gracilis 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Eubacterium sulci 2 2 PIIC Yes No No No No
parasite Dracunculus medinensis 2 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Tatlockia micdadei 2 Legionella micdadei 2 2 Old name:Legionella micdadei Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium tetani 2 2 2 T 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/clostridium-tetani.html 2 T, V 2 2 T, V, ht 2 2 T,V Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Methylobacterium mesophilicum 1 + 1 PIIC No No No No No
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
bacteria Rickettsia montanensis 2 3 : (*) 3 ** 3* formerly Rickettsia canadensis 2 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 PV?** 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Fusobacterium ulcerans 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Coronaviridae Porcine haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus 2 2 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Gibbon leukemia virus 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 2 2 2 PM No No No No No
parasite Taenia solium 2 2 2 G 3 * https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/taenia-solium.html 3 (**) 3* 3(**) Z 2, 3 AAH, AHH, OST, PIH, ZOP, ** 3(*) Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Borrelia venezuelensis 2 2 Z 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Eperythrozoon parvum 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma corogypsi 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus agalactiae 2 2 Streptococcus difficilis 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/streptococcus-agalactiae.html 2 2 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Legionella jordanis 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Arachnia propionica 2 Propionibacterium propionicum No No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Oncorhynchus-Masou virus 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Aerococcus urinae 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/aerococcus.html 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Seoul virus 3 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/hantavirus.html Hantavirus spp. 3 3 3 3 First schedule part 1 3 PHV 3 Yes No No No No
virus Reoviridae (Ortho) reoviruses 2 Listed under Orthopoxvirus 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Pasteurella gallinarum 2 PV No Yes No No No