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Prevalence of Streptococcus Species in Horses with Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Systematic Meta-Analysis

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Veterinary Pathology & Animal Diseases

Abstract

In This study, according to the guidelines of PRISMA, the meta-analysis on prevalence of Streptococcus   species in horses with respiratory tract infections was performed. After compete search, data extraction and selection of studies, data were analyzed using comprehensive meta-analysis. The results of meta-analysis of selected studies were 95% confidence intervals, effect size, heterogeneity, weight, and publication bias. A total of 1831 (32.25 %) out of 5678 diseased horses in 20 study with upper respiratory symptoms were found positive for Streptococcus species. The final meta-analysis model of the size effect and null test at fixed and random effect showed the effect has a Z-value of -3.371 (P-value = 0.001) as opposed to the fixed effect's Z-value of -26.024 (P-value = 0.000). The degree of heterogenicity revealed Q-value (926.104), I-squared (97.948), P-value (0.000), and the Tau-squared of 0.989 with a 0.519 Standard Error are the final heterogeneity variables. Egger's linear regression test for asymmetry did not indicate publication bias, intercept (-0.53), 95% confidence interval (-6.45- 5.39), t-value (0.18), df = 18. The 1-tailed P-value is 0.426, and the 2-tailed P-value is 0.852.  The outcome of Kendall's tau with continuity correction (-0.00526), with a 1-tailed P-value of 0.487 and 2 -tailed P-value of 0,974. Duval and Tweedie's trim-and-fill method (only one study trimmed at the left side) resulted in an adjusted correlation from − 0.857 to − 0.737 with 95% CI: − 1.345 to − 0.428. The results of the present study indicate the association of Streptococcus species with clinical upper respiratory signs in horses.  

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2023.229795.1562

Keywords

Keywords: Epidemiology, equine, Respiratory diseases, Streptococcus, Bacteria

Authors

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Helmy

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K. Elnafarawy

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Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

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Mohamed

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Youssef

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Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

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Maged

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El-Ashker

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Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

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First Name

Hussam

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Ibrahim

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Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

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hussam-habosha@mans.edu.eg

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0000-0002-3731-4586

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Sabry

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El-Khodery

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Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

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khodery@mans.edu.ed

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First Name

Alshimaa

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Farag

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Mohamed

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Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

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dr_alshimaafarag@mans.edu.eg

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mansoura

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0000-0002-6741-6831

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55

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1

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43300

Issue Date

2024-01-01

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2023-08-23

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2024-01-01

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271

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285

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1110-0222

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2357-089X

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Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of Streptococcus Species in Horses with Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. Systematic Meta-Analysis

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23 Dec 2024