Prevalence of Calf Mortality in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Study reports included in a meta-analysis of calf mortality in calf breeds in Ethiopia.

Author and study year	Calf breed	Study site/reported from	Agroecology	Study design	Total	APP (%)
Aliye et al., 2017 [29]	Local	Southern Ethiopia	High and midland	Cohort	150	6.00
Amuamuta et al., 2006 [15]	Local	Northwest Ethiopia	Midland	Cohort	1829	10.9
Asmare and Kiros, 2016 [30]	Cross	Southern Ethiopia	Midland	Cohort	30	20.0
Assefa et al., 2015 [31]	Cross	Southern Ethiopia	Midland	Cohort	415	13.9
Assegid and Berhanu, 2004 [32]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	Highland	C/sectional	701	19.7
Awol et al., 2016 [3]	Cross	Northern Ethiopia	Highland	C/sectional	307	8.14
Megersa et al., 2009 [17]	Cross	Southern Ethiopia	Midland	Cohort	140	9.29
Ephrem, 2020 [12]	Cross	Southern Ethiopia	High and midland	Cohort	142	10.5
Ephrem, 2020 [12]	Local	Southern Ethiopia	High and midland	Cohort	54	1.85
Sisay and Dessie, 2017 [33]	Cross	Northwest Ethiopia	Highland	Cohort	909	21.4
Ferede et al., 2014 [16]	Cross	Northwest Ethiopia	High and midland	C/sectional	396	30.5
Ferede, 2015 [34]	Local	Northern Ethiopia	High and midland	Cohort	141	11.3
Ferede, 2015 [34]	Cross	Northwest Ethiopia	High and midland	Cohort	299	12.7
Gebeyehu and Hegde, 2003 [35]	Cross	Northern Ethiopia	Highland	C/sectional	600	29.8
Gebeyehu, 2017 [34]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	Midland	Cohort	1227	37.3
Gebremedihin, 2014 [16]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	Midland	Cohort	69	11.6
Hassen and Brannang, 1996 [36]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	Midland	C/sectional	422	33.6
Hussein, 1998 [35]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	Midland	C/sectional	194	17.5
Jemberu, 2004 [37]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	Midland	C/sectional	236	17.8
Kebamo et al., 2019 [38]	Local	Southern Ethiopia	Midland	Cohort	929	24.5
Lobago et al., 2007 [39]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	Midland	C/sectional	382	6.14
Muluken et al., 2017 [1]	Cross	Northwest Ethiopia	Midland	C/sectional	277	17.5
Muluken et al., 2017 [1]	Local	Northwest Ethiopia	Midland	C/sectional	107	0.9
Tintagu et al., 2018 [6]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	Highland	C/sectional	294	7.48
Tsegaw et al., 2016a [40]	Local	Northwest Ethiopia	Midland	C/sectional	488	9.22
Tsegaw et al., 2016b [40]	Local	Central Ethiopia	Lowland	C/sectional	414	14.1
Tsegaw et al., 2016c [40]	Local	S. eastern Ethiopia	Lowland	C/sectional	629	27.6
Tsegaw et al., 2020 [10]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	High and midland	C/sectional	1706	18.3
Wudu et al., 2008 [9]	Cross	Central Ethiopia	Midland	Cohort	185	22.1
Tintagu et al., 2018 [6]	Local	central Ethiopia	Highland	C/sectional	90	1.11

APP: apparent prevalence. Total: sample size. C/sectional: cross-sectional.