An article in The Australian recently revisted AWS  interest in the potential of kangaroos as producers of low emission meat compart to other species. It contained a table with an incorrect legend that had been inserted by a sub-editor.  The correct table and legend follows:

Emissions from animals

Animal		No. Animals 1999	Enteric methane (CH4 Gg/yr)	Enteric methane (CO2e Gg/yr)	Enteric methane/head (CO2e tonnes/animal/yr)
1999 Data from Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Only domesticated animals counted, average of State values
Dairy cattle		3141200	339.74	7134.54	2.27
Beef – pasture		23291900	1739.90	36537.90	1.57
Beef – feedlot		558100	41.69	875.49	1.57
Buffalo		8600	0.47	9.87	1.15
Sheep		116800400	773.08	16234.68	0.14
Goats		201700	1.01	21.21	0.11
Cattle and Llamas		1500	0.07	1.47	0.98
Horses		220300	3.96	83.16	0.38
Donkeys/mules		200	0.00	0.00	0.00
Pigs		2626600	2.88	60.48	0.02
Poultry		88694800	0.00	0.00	0.00
Deer		3200	0.03	0.63	0.20
Ostriches/emus		147900	1.58	33.18	0.22
Other		126700	0.63	13.23	0.10
2005 Data from National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Only domesticated animals were counted, average of State values
Dairy cattle		3058554	347.73	7302.26	2.39
Beef	23224139		1847.23	38791.80	1.67
Beef – feedlot	1318089		101.61	2133.86	1.62
Sheep	101124878		681.45	14310.48	0.14
Goats	461491		2.31	48.46	0.11
Horses	221043		3.98	83.55	0.38
Deer	59469		0.64	13.36	0.22
Buffalo	6207		0.34	7.17	1.16
Donkeys/Mules	289		0.00	0.06	0.21
Emus/Ostriches	73788		0.37	7.75	0.11
Alpacas	2066		0.02	0.43	0.21
Camels	1846		0.08	1.78	0.97
Poultry	78187040		0.00	0.00	0.00
Pigs	2537859		3.69	77.43	0.03

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Kangaroos

34000000[1]

0.003[2]

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[1] The average number of kangaroos from 2001 to 2006) in the selected commercial kangaroo harvest area (Department of the Environment 2007).

[2] Kempton, T.J., Murray R.M., Leng R.A. (1976) Methane production and digestibility measurements in the grey kangaroos and sheep. Aust J Biol Sci 29, 209–214.