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Table 3 Pooled prevalence of Salmonella in the MLN and GIT contents

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

Host species

Mesenteric lymph node

GIT contents

p (95% CI)

Z-p

I2

Q-p

Q/df

p (95% CI)

Z-p

I2

Q-p

Q/df

Ruminants†

4.7 (2.88,7.57)

0.000

61.8

0.007

2.62

3.66 (2.31, 5.74)

0.000

42.5

0.084

1.74

Cattle

3.34 (1.17,9.19)

0.000

79.9

0.007

4.98

3.35 (1.11,9.58)

0.000

78.9

0.009

4.75

Sheep

6.19 (3.77,10)

0.000

5.0

0.349

1.06

3.33 (1.74,6.28)

0.000

0.0

0.462

0.78

Goats

5.56 (1.99,14.600)

0.000

64.6

0.059

2.83

4.08 (1.99,8.17)

0.000

6,7

0.342

1.07

Pigs

37.38 (32.24, 42.85)

0.000

11.4

0.258

1.13

20.67 (15.68, 26.76)

0.000

33.4

0.221

1.5

  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.