Review Article
Prevalence of Calf Mortality in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 4
Multivariable meta-regression model on prevalence of calves mortality in Ethiopia (I2 = 30.2%; N = 30 reports).
| Predictors | Category | Prevalence (95% CI) | N | Coefficient | value |
| Calf breed | Local | 10.54 (6.87–15.83) | 10 | Reference | | Cross | 17.01 (13.22–21.62) | 20 | 0.6054 (0.0725, 1.1384) | 0.0219 |
| Sample size | <200 | 11.16 (6.84–17.6) | 7 | Reference | | 200–384 | 11.32 (6.78–18.5) | 6 | −0.7498 (−1.3946, -0.1050) | 0.0227 | >384 | 17.78 (13.65–22.83) | 17 | 0.6641 (0.0868, 1.2414) | 0.0242 |
| Year of study | 2017–2020 | 8.46 (2.34–17.67) | 9 | Reference | | 2011–2016 | 14.18 (10.50–18.34) | 10 | 0.4406 (−0.2005, 1.0818) | 0.1780 | 2001–2010 | 18.72 (13.65–24.34) | 8 | 0.7651 (0.1014, 1.4288) | 0.0239 | 1991–2000 | 27.07 (19.45–35.43) | 3 | 1.2415 (0.3677, 2.1153) | 0.0054 |
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