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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 Reoviridae Rat rotavirus 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium difficile 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/clostridium-difficile-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 see previous edition 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Aeromonas hydrophilia 2 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/aeromonas-hydrophila.html 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Prevotella corporis 2 2 2 Old name: Bacteroides corporis Yes No No No No
virus Caliciviridae Vesicular exanthema of swine virus 2 3 1 t3 3 PM No Yes No No No
parasite Dicrocoelium dendriticum 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Avian leucosis virus (ALV) 2 For strains that are infectious to human cells, otherwise RG1 2 1 t2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma glycophilum 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Clostridium grantii 1 1 Yes No No No No
bacteria Aeromonas sobria 2 2 ht 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Borrelia harveyi 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Salmonella paratyphi, A, B, C, S 2 2 2 (A, B, C only) 2 EC: V (type A, B, C) 2 V 2 3 (Type A, B, C) Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Herpes zoster 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/varicella-zoster-virus.html 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Schistosoma intercalatum 2 2 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/schistosoma-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html Schistosoma spp. 2 2 2 Z 2 AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Xanthomonas oryzae 1 p 2 PP; QUA No No Yes No Yes
bacteria Peptostreptococcus harei 2 old name 2 Yes No No No No
virus Bunyaviridae Dobrava/Belgrade virus (DOBV) 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 PHV 3 Yes No No No No
bacteria Enterobacter agglomerans 2 (see Pantoea agglomerans), PP? Yes No No No No
bacteria Chromobacterium violaceum 2 2 ht 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Actinobaculum suis 2 2 t 2 PV (Actinomyces suis) No Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus suis 2 2 2 2 2 Z 2 2 Yes Yes No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Subsclerosing pancencephalitis https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/measles-virus.html No No No No No
bacteria Mannheimia granulomatis 2 2 t 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Rickettsia canadensis 3 2 3 : (*) 3 ** 3* Formerly Rickettsia canada 2 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 ** 3 Yes No No No No
virus Flaviviridae St. Louis encephalitis virus 3 2 3 NULL; see previous edition 3 RG 2 in animals 3 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/louis-encephalitis-virus.html 2 3 3 3 First schedule part 1 3 PHV 3 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Corynebacterium renale 2 2 2 2 see previous edition 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Bacteroides distasonis https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/bacteroides.html 2 No No No No No
bacteria Campylobacter spp. 2 2 species which are known to be pathogens in humans 2 2 2 No No No No No
parasite Balantidium coli 2 https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/balantidium-coli-pathogen-safety-data-sheet.html 2 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 Yes No No No No
virus Prion Kuru & Creutzfeldt-Jacob agents 2 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 (**), D, d 3* 3(**) 3 First schedule part 1 3 **, PH, TSE 3 Yes No No No No
bacteria Acholeplasma hippikon 2 t 2 PV No No No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma canis 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Staphylococcus schleiferi 2 2 ht 2 PV, (including ubsp. coagulans, schleiferi) No Yes No No No
virus Papovaviridae Cotton rabbit papilloma virus 2 2 PM No No No No No
bacteria Legionella anisa 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Eubacterium nodatum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Clostridium symbiosum 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Oesophagostomum dentatum 2 1 t2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Anaplasma centrale 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Pantoea agglomerans 2 2 2 PP? (old name Enterobacter agglomerans) No Yes No No No
bacteria Xanthomonas fragariae 1 p2 2 PP; QUA No No Yes No No
virus Poxviridae Goat pox virus 2 3 1 t2 3 EPD, PM No Yes No No Yes
bacteria Mycobacterium mucogenicum 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Suid herpesvirus 2 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Helcococcus kunzii 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Eperythrozoon coccoides 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Pseudomonas alcaligenes 2 2 Yes No No No No
parasite Giardia lamblia 2 2 Also known as Giardia duodenalis and Giardia intestinalis 2 syn. Giardia intestinalis, G. duodenalis https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/pathogen-safety-data-sheets-risk-assessment/giardia-lamblia.html 2 Giardia intestinalis 2 2 Z 2 AAH, AHH, ZOP 2 (Giardia intestinalis) Yes Yes No No No
virus Retroviridae Porcine sarcoma virus No Yes No No No
bacteria Myroides odoratus 2 2 2 (old name Flavobacterium odoratum) Yes No No No No