Table 5. Effect of IgY against diarrhea in Poultry.
| Study | No. of mortality by diarrhea (or) No. with diarrhea/No. in Group (%) | Outcome measure considered - Mortality (M) or Diarrhea (D) | Relative Risk (RR) | 95% Confidence Interval (CI) | |
| Intervention | Control | ||||
| Animal Class: Poultry | |||||
| Bacterial Pathogen | |||||
| Rahimi 2007 | 0/26 (0) | 4/27 (14) | D | 0.115 | 0.00652 to 2.039 |
| Wu 2013 | 8/30 (26.6) | 10/10 (100) | M | 0.267 | 0.147 to 0.483 |
| 10/30(33.3) | 10/10 (100) | M | 0.333 | 0.201 to 0.553 | |
| Viral Pathogen | |||||
| Muhammad 2001 | 2/10 (20) | 10/10 (100) | M | 0.200 | 0.0579 to 0.691 |
| Malik 2006 | 4/50 (8) | 45/50 (90) | M | 0.089 | 0.0346 to 0.229 |
| Rahimi 2007 | 1/8 (12.5) | 7/8 (87.5) | D | 0.143 | 0.0224 to 0.910 |
| Abd El-Ghany 2011 | 4/40 (10) | 20/40 (50) | M | 0.200 | 0.0751 to 0.533 |
| Farooq 2012 | 0/5 (0) | 1/5 (20) | M | 0.333 | 0.0170 to 6.526 |
| Pooled random effects | 0.216 | 0.140 to 0.335 | |||
Test for Heterogeneity: Q = 10.14; DF = 7; P = 0.1807, I2 = 30.98% (95% CI for I2 = 0.00 to 69.27).