## 3 Results
### Energy and In Vitro Digestibility of Amaranth and Wheat Bran Mixed Silage
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Item \(\ddagger\)**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Moisture**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Additives \({}^{\ddagger}\)**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**SEM**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**\(p\)-Value**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Significance of Main**} \\ \cline{3-10}  & & & & & & & & **Effects and Interactions** & \\ \cline{3-10}  & & **Control** & **L** & **E** & **M** & & **MC** & **A** & **MC**\(\times\)**A** \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{DM (\%FM)} & 60\% & 36.73 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{LC}}}}\) & 36.32 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{LC}}}}\) & 35.60 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AC}}}}\) & 35.59 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AC}}}}\) & 0.166 & \textless{}0.001 & & & \\  & 65\% & 32.36 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 32.24 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 31.52 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 31.41 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 0.114 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & 0.792 \\  & 70\% & 27.59 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 27.25 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 26.53 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 26.49 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 0.129 & \textless{}0.001 & & & \\  & SEM & 0.154 & 0.119 & 0.156 & 0.119 & & & & & \\  & \(p\)-value & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{OM (\%DM)} & 60\% & 91.29 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BC}}}}\) & 91.22 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BC}}}}\) & 90.98 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AC}}}}\) & 90.92 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AC}}}}\) & 0.071 & 0.002 & & & \\  & 65\% & 90.49 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 90.43 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 90.27 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 90.29 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{B}}}}\) & 0.089 & 0.101 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & 0.220 \\  & 70\% & 89.56 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 89.71 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 89.25 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 89.37 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 0.104 & 0.010 & & & \\  & SEM & 0.109 & 0.047 & 0.086 & 0.101 & & & & & \\  & \(p\)-value & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{CP (\%DM)} & 60\% & 21.58 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AB}}}}\) & 21.81 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 22.33 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BC}}}}\) & 22.39 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 0.161 & 0.002 & & & \\  & 65\% & 21.44 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AB}}}}\) & 21.56 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 21.77 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AB}}}}\) & 21.85 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 0.111 & 0.023 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & 0.279 \\  & 70\% & 19.66 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AA}}}}\) & 20.00 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AB}}}}\) & 20.41 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 20.65 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 0.226 & 0.010 & & & \\  & SEM & 0.148 & 0.197 & 0.137 & 0.198 & & & & & \\  & \(p\)-value & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{NDF (\%DM)} & 60\% & 62.80 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{B}}}}\) & 61.14 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{B}}}}\) & 57.22 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AA}}}}\) & 54.51 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AA}}}}\) & 1.000 & \textless{}0.001 & & & \\  & 65\% & 63.48 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 61.72 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 59.63 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AB}}}}\) & 57.28 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AB}}}}\) & 1.311 & 0.008 & 0.001 & \textless{}0.001 & 0.390 \\  & 70\% & 63.70 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BA}}}}\) & 62.51 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AB}}}}\) & 60.20 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{BB}}}}\) & 59.04 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{AB}}}}\) & 1.156 & 0.014 & & & \\  & SEM & 1.554 & 1.137 & 0.848 & 0.991 & & & & & \\  & \(p\)-value & 0.838 & 0.520 & 0.027 & 0.011 & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{ADF (\%DM)} & 60\% & 21.73 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{A}}}}\) & 21.32 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{A}}}}\) & 21.61 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{A}}}}\) & 20.46 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{A}}}}\) & 0.562 & 0.181 & & & & \\  & 65\% & 22.97 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{B}}}}\) & 24.10 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{B}}}}\) & 22.70 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{B}}}}\) & 22.05 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{A}}}}\) & 0.763 & 0.133 & \textless{}0.001 & 0.054 & 0.728 \\  & 70\% & 26.92 \({}^{\text{\text{\tiny{C}}}}\) & 27.14 \(Under the same L and E groups, DE, ME, NEm, and NEI were higher in the 60% MC group than in the 70% MC group (\(p<0.05\)).