Research Article
Microbiological Safety of Leafy Vegetables Produced at Houeyiho and Sèmè-Kpodji Vegetable Farms in Southern Benin: Risk Factors for Campylobacter spp.
Table 1
Distribution of samples from Sèmè-Kpodji and Houeyiho (Cotonou) vegetable farms.
| Farms | Type of garden | Nature of samples | Effective |
| Sèmè-Kpodji | Manure-garden | Leafy vegetables | Solanum macrocarpon | 32 | Lactuca sativa capitata | 32 | Irrigation water | | 08 | Poultry manure | | 16 | NPK-garden | Leafy vegetables | Solanum macrocarpon | 32 | Lactuca sativa capitata | 32 | Irrigation water | | 08 | Effective Sèmè-Kpodji samples | | 160 |
| Houeyiho | Manure-garden | Leafy vegetables | Solanum macrocarpon | 24 | | Lactuca sativa capitata | 24 | | Irrigation water | | 06 | | Poultry manure | | 12 | NPK-garden | Leafy vegetables | Solanum macrocarpon | 24 | | | Lactuca sativa capitata | 24 | | Irrigation water | | 06 | Effective Houeyiho samples | | 120 |
| Total number of samples | 280 |
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Manure-gardens: gardens where poultry manure are used as fertilizer; NPK-gardens: Gardens where NPK are used as fertilizer.
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