Table 8. Therapeutic effect of IgY against Diarrhea in Piglets.
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: Pig | |||||
Bacterial Pathogen | |||||
Yokoyama 1992 | 0/7 (0) | 6/7 (86) | M | 0.077 | 0.00521 to 1.136 |
0/4 (0) | 4/4 (100) | M | 0.111 | 0.00814 to 1.516 | |
0/5 (0) | 4/5 (80) | M | 0.111 | 0.00768 to 1.608 | |
Xiao 1998 | 0/7 (0) | 6/7 (85.7) | M | 0.077 | 0.00521 to 1.136 |
0/7 (0) | 5/7 (71.4) | M | 0.091 | 0.00603 to 1.370 | |
Yang 2002 | 0/7 (0) | 6/7 (85.7) | M | 0.077 | 0.00521 to 1.136 |
0/4 (0) | 4/4 (100) | M | 0.111 | 0.00814 to 1.516 | |
0/5 (0) | 4/5 (80) | M | 0.111 | 0.00768 to 1.608 | |
Xu 2002 | 0/6 (0) | 2/6 (33.3) | M | 0.200 | 0.0117 to 3.406 |
0/6 (0) | 4/6 (66.7) | M | 0.111 | 0.00738 to 1.673 | |
0/6 (0) | 3/6 (50) | M | 0.143 | 0.00907 to 2.249 | |
Chu 2006 | 0/8 (0) | 2/8 (25) | M | 0.200 | 0.0112 to 3.576 |
Viral Pathogen | |||||
Song 2003 | 1/6 (16.7) | 6/6 (100) | M | 0.167 | 0.0278 to 0.997 |
Cui 2012 | 0/10 (0) | 10/10 (100) | M | 0.048 | 0.00318 to 0.712 |
Pooled random effects | 0.112 | 0.0558 to 0.223 |
Test for Heterogeneity: Q = 1.12; DF = 13; P = 1.0, I2 = 0% (95% CI for I2 = 0.00 to 0.00).