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. 2014 May 20;9(5):e97716. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097716

Table 6. Effect of IgY against diarrhea in Calves.

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: Calves
Bacterial Pathogen
Ozpinar 1996 8/54 (14) 30/80 (38) D 0.395 0.196 to 0.795
Cook 2005 0/6 (0) 3/6 (50) D 0.143 0.00907 to 2.249
Viral Pathogen
Kuroki 1994 0/4 (0) 4/4 (100) D 0.111 0.00814 to 1.516
2/4 (50) 4/4 (100) D 0.500 0.188 to 1.332
Ikemori 1997 0/4 (0) 4/4 (100) M 0.111 0.00814 to 1.516
Kuroki 1997 1/10 (10) 3/10 (30) M 0.333 0.0414 to 2.686
Vega 2011 1/5(20) 6/6 (100) M 0.200 0.0346 to 1.154
Pooled random effects 0.348 0.212 to 0.571

Test for Heterogeneity: Q = 3.1297; DF = 6; P = 0.7924, I2 = 0.00% (95% CI for I2 = 0.00 to 44.96).