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

Manure-gardens: gardens where poultry manure are used as fertilizer; NPK-gardens: Gardens where NPK are used as fertilizer.