Microbiological Safety of Leafy Vegetables Produced at Houeyiho and Sèmè-Kpodji Vegetable Farms in Southern Benin: Risk Factors for Campylobacter spp.
Table 2
Contamination rate of samples from Sèmè-Kpodji vegetable farm.
Samples
Analysis results
Number of samples
-value
+
−
Manure-garden
Leafy vegetables
12 (18.8%)
52 (81.3%)
64 (72.7%)
0.878
0.001
Poultry manure
9 (56.3%)
7 (43.8%)
16 (18.2%)
Irrigation water
3 (37.5%)
5 (62.5%)
8 (9.1%)
Total number of samples
24 (27.3%)
64 (72.7%)
88 (100%)
NPK-garden
Leafy vegetables
5 (7.8%)
59 (92.2%)
64 (88.9%)
1.000
0.001
Irrigation water
3 (37.5%)
5 (62.5%)
8 (11.1%)
Total number of samples
8 (11.1%)
64 (88.9%)
72 (100%)
Manure-garden: gardens where poultry manure are used as fertilizer; NPK-garden: gardens where NPK are used as fertilizer; +: positive; −: negative; PC: Pearson correlation.
