Prevalence of coccidia in domestic pigs in China between 1980 and 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Swine coccidiosis, a protozoan disease caused by coccidia, can result in diarrhoea and weight loss in piglets and even economic losses in the pig industry. Here, we report the first systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of coccidia (including Eimeria spp. and Cystoisospora suis) in pigs in China.

Methods

Five databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect, Chinese Web of Knowledge, Wanfang, and Chongqing VIP) were searched and 50 studies (46,926 domestic pigs, 22 provinces) ultimately identified pertaining to the prevalence of coccidia infection from 1980 to 2019. We incorporated the effect size using the random-effects model in the "meta" package in R software and conducted univariate and multivariate meta-regression analyses using a mixed-effects model.

Res

SUBMITTER: Gong QL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8108339 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature