Prevalence of bovine brucellosis in India: a meta-analysis

Figures & data

Figure 1. Schematic depiction of the literature selection procedure for the systematic review of the prevalence of brucellosis in bovines of India.

Figure 2. Schematic depiction of the literature selection procedure for the systematic review of the prevalence of brucellosis in cattle of India.

Figure 3. Schematic depiction of the literature selection procedure for the systematic review of the prevalence of brucellosis in buffaloes of India.

Table 1. Details of inclusion and exclusion criteria for brucellosis in bovines used in the study.

Sl. No.	Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria
1.	Studies included specified for the taken disease, i.e. brucellosis,	Studies other than the mentioned disease
2.	Studies included only about bovines	Studies other than bovines
3.	Studies specified to India only	Study radius outside India
4	Studies which were having a definite sample size	Studies having an indefinite or inadequate sample size
5.	Random sampling	Purposive sampling or non-random sampling if tried
6.	Publication Years (1990–2019)	Studies other than the said period
7.	Studies depicted only the prevalence of the diseases of interest naturally occurring in an area or state in a given period.	Experimental studies or the studies where experimentally causing the disease to conduct clinical trials.

Figure 4. Funnel plot that elucidates potential publication bias in prevalence of bovines.

Figure 5. Funnel plot that elucidates potential publication bias in prevalence of cattle.

Figure 6. Funnel plot that elucidates potential publication bias in prevalence of buffaloes.

Figure 7. Forest plot showing the result of 69 studies reporting the prevalence of brucellosis in bovines in India.

Figure 8. Forest plot showing the result of 46 studies reporting the prevalence of brucellosis in cattle in India.

Figure 9. Forest plot showing the result of 14 studies reporting the prevalence of brucellosis in buffaloes in India.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.