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Meta-analysis of the prevalence of livestock diseases in North Eastern Region of India

Barman, N. N. and Patil, S. S. and Kurli, R. and Deka, P. and Bora, D. P. and Deka, G. and Ranjitha, K. M. and Shivaranjini, C. and Roy, P. and Suresh, K. P.

Vet World (2020) 13: 80–91

DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2020.80-91

Abstract

AIM: The study aimed to determine the overall prevalence of livestock diseases in North Eastern Region (NER) of India, through a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The articles used for the study were retrieved from PubMed, J-Gate Plus, Indian Journals, and Google scholar, R open-source scripting software 3.4.3. Metafor, Meta. The Chi-square test was conducted to assess for the heterogeneity, forest plot (confidence interval [CI] plot) is a method utilized to present the results of meta-analysis, displaying effect estimate and their CIs for each study were used for searching and retrieval of livestock diseases prevalence data in India using a search strategy combining keywords and related database-specific subject terms from 2008 to 2017 in English only. RESULTS: The prevalence of various livestock diseases are foot-and-mouth disease (21%), bluetongue (28%), brucellosis in bovine (17%), brucellosis in caprine (2%), brucellosis in porcine (18%), brucellosis in sheep and goat (3%), babesiosis (6%), theileriosis (26%), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (1%), porcine cysticercosis (6%), classical swine fever (31%), Porcine circovirus (43%), and Peste des petits ruminants (15%). This information helps policymakers to take appropriate measures to reduce the disease burden. CONCLUSION: This study indicates that the overall prevalence of various livestock diseases in NER of India.

Citation

Barman, N. N., Patil, S. S., Kurli, R., Deka, P., Bora, D. P., Deka, G., Ranjitha, K. M., Shivaranjini, C., Roy, P., & Suresh, K. P. (2020). Meta-analysis of the prevalence of livestock diseases in North Eastern Region of India. Vet World, 13(1), 80–91. https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2020.80-91 meta-analysis, livestock, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, prevalence, babesiosis, seroprevalence, brucellosis, classical swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease, forest plot, North Eastern regions, Peste des petits ruminants, Porcine circovirus, porcine cysticercosis, theileriosis

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