Veterinary epidemiology: software for meta-analysis

A number of programs are available to assist with meta-analysis:

  • EPIMETA (Program for meta-analysis on sets of studies pertaining to a given response; analyzes studies having a single response per study for either a relative risk or user-specified response, or studies which have multiple relative risks or user-specified responses (e.g., multiple doses, multiple numbers of days in a regimen, etc.)) ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Software/epimeta/
  • The Meta-Analysis Calculator (Software which performs Hunter-Schmidt method of conducting a Meta-Analysis as described in paper by Larry Lysons: Meta - Analysis: Methods of Accumulating Results Across Research Domains [1]) http://www.lyonsmorris.com/ma1/index.cfm
  • RevMan (Cochrane Collaboration's program for preparing and maintaining Cochrane reviews; enter protocols, as well as complete reviews, including text, characteristics of studies, comparison table, and study data; can perform meta-analysis of the data entered, and present results graphically using MetaView) http://ims.cochrane.org/RevMan/