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. 2023 Jan 4;19:100284. doi: 10.1016/j.vas.2023.100284

Table 1.

Publication criteria selection.

Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
Original work Reviews, letters, editorials, conference abstracts, and vaccination trials
Field/experimental studies: diagnosis, prevalence, and epidemiology Lab/bench studies (basic research)
Studies performed on samples from farms or slaughterhouses All other locations
Direct samples from animals Others, such as surfaces, food, water, etc.
Infectious causes related to infertility Other causes related to infertility (e.g., nutritional deficiencies (Kenny & Byrne, 2018))
Studies performed in herds of males or both males and females (in which bulls were analyzed) Study performed exclusively in female herds or mixed herds in which the results were not sex-defined were excluded
English language Other languages