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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 Haemophilus paraphrohaemolyticus 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Peptostreptococcus lacrimalis 2 old name 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
bacteria Corynebacterium phocae 1 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Bacillus lentimorbus 1 PI No No No No No
bacteria Sanguibacter suarezii 1 t+ 2 PV? No Yes 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 Haemophilus segni 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Peptostreptococcus vaginalis 2 Anaerococcus vaginalis 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Enterococcus gallinarum 2 2 ht 2 PV (Streptococcus gallinarum) Yes No No No No
virus Herpesviridae Oncorhynchus-Masou virus 2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Taylorella equigenitalis 2 Haemophilus equigenitalis 2 t 2 PV ; Old name: Haemophilus equigenitalis No Yes 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 Clostridium septicum 2 2 2 see previous edition 2 2 No Yes No No No
bacteria Alloiococcus otitis 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Mimae polymorpha Yes No No No No
bacteria Rickettsia parkeri 3 3 2 Z 3 Rickettsia - all species First Schedule Part II 3 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Gardnerella vaginalis 2 2 Haemophilus vaginalis 2 2 2 2 (Haemophilus vaginalis) 2 Yes No No No No
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
virus Togaviridae Kyzylagach virus 2 3 2 t3 3 PHV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycoplasma cynos 2 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Streptococcus bovis 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Astroviridae Astroviruses 2 2 2 PM, PH 2 Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Legionella longbeachae 2 2 2 2 All species and all Legionella-like organisms Third schedule 2 Yes No No No No
virus Paramyxoviridae Canine distemper virus (Carre's virus) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Brevinema andersonii 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Pasteurella haemolytica 2 No Yes 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 Mycobacterium shimoidei 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
bacteria Shigella sonnei 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ht 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Poxviridae Sheeppox virus 2 3 1 t3 3 EPD, PM No Yes No No Yes
bacteria Clostridium colinum 2 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Aeromonas allosaccharophila 2 2 No No No No No
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 Borrelia coriaceae 3 2 t 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Flexibacter spp. Yes Yes No No No
bacteria Neisseria ovis 2 2 t 2 (refer to Moraxella (Branhamella) ovis) No Yes No No No
bacteria Vagococcus salmoninarum 2 1 t2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Mycobacterium branderi 2 2 2 2 2 Yes No No No No
virus Rhabdoviridae Egtved virus (Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus) 3 1 t2 2 PM No Yes No No No
bacteria Ehrlichia risticii 2 2 PV No Yes No No No
bacteria Bartonella spp. 3 2 Rochalimaea spp. 2 2 No No 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 Chlamydophila abortus 2 2 Yes Yes No No No