Research Article
Microbiological Safety of Leafy Vegetables Produced at Houeyiho and Sèmè-Kpodji Vegetable Farms in Southern Benin: Risk Factors for Campylobacter spp.
Table 4
Contamination rate of two leafy vegetable species sampled.
| Vegetable farms | Type of garden | Number of samples contaminated by Campylobacter spp. according to each leafy vegetables | Contamination rate of leafy vegetables by type of gardens | Contamination rate of leafy vegetables by farms | Total | Solanum macrocarpon | Lactuca sativa capitata |
| Sèmè-Kpodji | Manure-gardens | 3 | (25%) | 9 | (75%) | 12 (18.75%) | 17 (13.28%) | 128 | NPK-gardens | 2 | (40%) | 3 | (60%) | 5 (7.81%) | Houeyiho | Manure-garden | 4 | (33.33%) | 8 | (66.67%) | 12 (25%) | 18 (18.75%) | 96 | NPK-garden | 3 | (50%) | 3 | (50%) | 6 (12.50%) | Total | 12/112 | (10.71%) | 23/112 | (20.54%) | | | |
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