Table 3 Commercially useable and non-useable products from Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) as a percentage of total mass of the carcass, based on a sample of 58 captive-raised pythons with a mean body mass of 5.6 kg (data for males and females combined).

From: Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security

Organ

Mean % (SE) of overall body mass (%)

Range (%)

Dressed carcass

54 ± 0.5

45–69

Gall bladder

0.3 ± 0.01

0.09–0.6

Fat

6.4 ± 0.2

1.7–9.8

Skin

22 ± 0.3

18–33

Non-useable organs

18 ± 0.8

10–31

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