Table 4.

Percentage distribution of the colour of the vaginal discharge of the two study groups (C = negative control group, received no feed additive and 1,25-vitD = 1,25-vitD group, received a defined amount of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-glycosides: 1th to 84th gestation day: 26 g 1,25-vitD per day; 85th gestation day until farrowing: 30 g 1,25-vitD per day; during the lactation period: 70 g 1,25-vitD per day) from day 1 to day 5 after farrowing. Asterisk and bold represent significant differences between the two study groups (p < 0.05)

Time of sampling	Vaginal discharge colour	C (%)	1,25-vitD (%)	p-value
Day 1	Tansparent	10.0	7.1	0.12
	White–yellow	50.0	85.7
	Red	40.0	7.1
Day 2	Transparent	3.6	21.4	0.05
	White–yellow	82.1	75.0
	Red	14.3	3.6
Day 3	Transparent	19.2	26.9	0.75
	White–yellow	69.2	65.4
	Red	11.5	7.7
Day 4	Transparent	38.9	39.3	0.01*
	White–yellow	38.9	60.7
	Red	22.2	0.0
Day 5	Transparent	27.3	41.7	0.37
	White–yellow	45.5	45.8
	Red	27.3	12.5