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Table 2 Pooled prevalence of Salmonella by host species

From: A meta-analysis of the prevalence of Salmonella in food animals in Ethiopia

Host species

Pooled estimate

Heterogeneity

p (95% CI)

Z-p

I2

Q-p

Q/df

Ruminants†

7.47 (4.75,11. 58)

0.000

73.4

0.000

3.76

Cattle

7.07 (2.05,16.17)

0.000

89.1

0.000

9.17

Sheep

8.41 (4.77,14.42)

0.000

39.9

0.189

1.67

Goats

9.01 (3.88, 19.62)

0.000

69.4

0.038

3.27

Pigs

43.81 (38.89,48.85)

0.000

0.0

0.680

0.09

  1. df, degrees of freedom; I2, Inverse variance index; Q-p, probability value of Cochran’s Q test; Z-p, probability value of Z test.
  2. †Slaughtered ruminants; all single study omitted pooled estimates were within the 95% confidence limits of the overall mean.