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).