TABLE 2.

Meat color of Cashmere goat

Parameter	C group	AM group	p‐value
L*	35.72 ± 1.46	37.66 ± 1.98*	.029
a*	21.03 ± 1.37	21.58 ± 0.71	.320
b*	8.65 ± 1.41	7.45 ± 1.57	.114

Values are expressed as mean and standard deviation (n = 12); basal diet, C group; and basal diet supplemented with 1% astragalus membranaceus root, AM group.

^* p < .05.