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XV.
CDC SELECT AGENTS, USDA HIGH CONSEQUENCE LIVESTOCK PATHOGENS
OR PLANT PATHOGENS
Definition
UCI policy states that all Select Agent users register with EH&S BEFORE any agent
can be ordered. Contact the Biosafety Officer at (949) 824-9888 or Biosafety Officer at
(949) 824-9888 for more information.
• The Select Agents regulations (42 CFR Part 72.6, Additional Requirements for
Facilities Transferring or Receiving Select Agents) which became effective on
April 15, 1997, was designed to minimize the potential inappropriate use of certain
biological agents and toxins whose release could have an adverse public health
impact or be used for bioterrorism.
Primary
Objectives
List of
Restricted
"Select
Agents" by
Category
• Establish system of safeguards to be followed when specific agents are transferred,
used or possessed.
• Collect and provide information concerning the location where certain potentially
hazardous agents are transferred.
• Track the acquisition and transfer of these specific agents.
• Establish a process for alerting appropriate authorities if an unauthorized attempt is
made to acquire these agents.
USDA High Consequence Livestock Pathogens and Toxins
African Horse Sickness Virus
African Swine Fever Virus
Akabane Virus
Avian Influenza Virus (Highly Pathogenic)
Blue Tongue Virus (Exotic)
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Agent
Camel Pox Virus
Classical Swine Fever Virus
Cowdria Ruminantium (Heartwater)
Foot And Mouth Disease Virus
Goat Pox Virus
Japanese Encephalitis Virus
Lumpy Skin Disease Virus
Malignant Catarrhal Fever Virus
Menangle Virus
Mycoplasma Capricolum/M.F 38/M.Mycoides Capri (Contagious
Caprinepleuropneumonia Agent)
Mycoplasma Mycoides (Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Agent)
Newcastle Disease Virus (Exotic)
Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus
Rinderpest Virus
Sheep Pox Virus
Swine Vesicular Disease Virus
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (Exotic)
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