Fifty-nine unique criteria identified collectively by six focus groups for prioritizing zoonotic diseases in Canada (Part 1).

+AH = animal health professional group, HH = human health professional group and A/H = mixed animal and human health professional group.
∧Mean score on a scale of 1 being the least important to 9 being the most important.
#The number of focus groups that identified the unique criterion; 1 indicates only one focus group listed the criterion while 6 indicates all focus groups listed the criterion.
‡The number of times the unique criterion was identified by each focus group; 2 or more indicates the criterion was listed more than once but expressed in different terms by the focus group.