Table 2.

Average prevalence of E. aerophilus in faeces of wild animals calculated using the fixed-effects model

Species	No. of studies included	Average prevalence (%)	95% CI	Country	References
Arctic fox (Vulpes/Alopex lagopus)	1	6.00a	1.56–17.54	Iceland	Skírnisson et al. [131]
Badger (Meles meles)	3	8.02	5.86–10.17	Republic of Ireland	Byrne et al. [132]
					Kelly et al. [133]
					Stuart et al. [86]
Brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus)	1	2.50a	0.43–9.57	Italy	Paoletti et al. [134]
Crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)	1	33.33a	1.76–87.47	Bolivia	Fiorello et al. [135]
European wildcat (Felis silvestris)	2	26.17	19.81–32.54	Greece	Diakou et al. [136]
				Italy	Napoli et al. [137]
Geffroy's cat (Oncifelis geoffroyi)	1	12.50a	0.66–53.32	Bolivia	Fiorello et al. [135]
Hedgehog (Erinaceus sp.)	2	17.94	13.52–22.36	Germany	Barutzki et al. [138]
				Poland	Mizgajska-Wiktor et al. [139]
Lynx (Lynx lynx)	1	5.00a	1.86–11.83	Poland	Szczęsna et al. [140]
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)	1	20.00a	3.54–55.78	Bolivia	Fiorello et al. [135]
Wolf (Canis lupus)	5	16.19	3.95–28.43	Italy	Di Francesco et al. [141]
					Paoletti et al. [134]
				Portugal	Figueiredo et al. [142]
				Poland	Popiołek et al. [143]
					Szafrańska et al. [144]

CI Confidence interval

^aValues is prevalence estimated from only one study, not average prevalence