TABLE 1.

Ingredients and chemical composition of the basal diet fed to Cashmere goat

Ingredients (%, as fed basis)	Basal diet
Corn stalk	27.76
Sunflower seed null	10.43
Cracked corn	39.62
Soybean meal	7.94
Linseed meal	11.99
Salt	0.6
Calcium hydrogen phosphate	0.56
Sodium hydrogen phosphate	0.20
Trace mineral mix	0.9
Total	100
Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg)	9.91
Chemical composition (%)
Crude protein	11.85
Acid detergent fiber	19.73
Neutral detergent fiber	30.8
Calcium	0.56
Phosphorus	0.4

Trace mineral mix: The diet of per kilogram provided Fe (FeSO₄.7H₂O) of 40 mg, Mn (MnSO₄·H₂O) of 20 mg, Zn (ZnSO₄·H₂O) of 40 mg, Cu (CuSO₄·H₂O) of 15 mg, Co (CoCl₂) of 0.2 mg, and Se (NaSeO₃) of 0.2 mg.