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Table 16.1 (
Continued
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Single OIE Disease List
Animal Diseases and Agents/
Toxins Listed Exclusively by
Overlap Diseases and Agents/Toxins
Listed by Both
OIE
Class
OIE
Class
APHIS 9 CFR 121.3(d)
APHIS and CDC 9 CFR 121.3(b)
Newcastle disease
(exotic)
A
Rift Valley fever
M
Peste des petits
ruminants
C
Shigatoxin
Rinderpest
B
Staphylococcal enterotoxins
Sheep pox
C
T-2 toxin
Swine vesicular
disease
S
Venezuelan equine
encephalitis
E
Vesicular stomatitis
M
Select Agents List
The regulations establishing the select agent list for animals (9 CFR 121.3) set forth
the requirements for possession, use, and transfer of these biological agents or tox-
ins. They are intended to ensure safe handling and for security to protect the agents
from use in domestic or international terrorism. APHIS and CDC determined that
the biological agents and toxins on the list have the potential to pose a severe threat
to agricultural production or food products.
The 23 animal diseases listed exclusively by APHIS in 9 CFR 121.3(d)—the
left column of the previous table—include 20 of the OIE-listed diseases and three
other disease agents (Akabane, Camel pox, and Menangle) considered to be emerg-
ing animal health risks for terrorism. The much larger OIE list includes other dis-
eases that are not listed as “select agents.” However, the select agent list was created
to account for the additional risks perceived to be posed by terrorism.
The 21 diseases and overlap agents/toxins included by both APHIS and CDC
in 9 CFR 121.3(b)—the right column of the previous table—pose a risk to both
human and animal health. In June 2002, CDC convened an interagency working
group to review the list of select agents and develop recommendations regarding
possible changes.
The overlap list includes 10 OIE-listed diseases, including Anthrax, Brucellosis
of cattle, Brucellosis of sheep, Brucellosis of swine, Glanders, Rift Valley fever, Q
fever, Eastern equine encephalitis, Tularemia, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis.
