Table 1. Eighteen potentially relevant pathogens scored relative to each other and ranked by expert opinion.

Pathogens	Animal classesa	Country of originb	Rangec
			Min	Max
Salmonella spp. d	Birds, reptiles, amphibians	Worldwide	2	4
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus	Birds, mammals, reptiles	China, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, UAE	2	3
West Nile virus	Birds	Brazil, Canada, South Africa, Tanzania, USA	2	3
Yersinia pestise	Mammals	Argentina, Egypt	2	3
Arenavirusese	Mammals	Argentina	1	3
Eastern equine encephalitis virus	Birds, reptiles	Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Ecuador, USA	2	2
Japanese encephalitis virus	Birds	Philippines, Singapore	2	2
Western equine encephalitis virus	Birds, reptiles	Argentina, Canada, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, USA	2	2
Rocio virus	Birds	Brazil	1	2
Ross river virus	Mammals	Indonesia	1	2
Saint Louis encephalitis virus	Birds	Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Peru, Suriname, USA	1	2
Sindbis viruse	Birds	Tanzania	1	2
Venezuelan equine encephalitis viruse	Birds	Peru, USA	1	2
Echinococcus granulosuse	Mammals	Chile	1	2
Rickettsia africae/ African tick bite fevere	Mammals	South Africa	1	1
Rickettsia typhiie	Mammals	Mexico	1	1
Rickettsia rickettsiie	Mammals	Argentina	1	1
T-cell lymphotropic virus 1/HTLV-1	Mammals	Ghana, Peru, Tanzania, USA	1	1

^a Animal classes that were imported into the Netherlands in 2013–2014 that could play a role in the transmission of the pathogen.

^b Countries where pathogen is present and where animals were imported from into the Netherlands in 2013–2014

^c A scale of 1 to 4 was used, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 4 the highest risk

^d Only scored by two of the experts as the pathogen was outside the field of expertise of one expert and the other expert indicated that there was not enough information to decide on the risk

^e Only scored by three of the experts as the pathogen was outside the field of expertise of one expert