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

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).