Download AEBR 098 Review of necropsy records for bycaught NZ sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri), 2000 – 2008

The development and retrospective application of a system of trauma classification to all sea lions captured from 1999/00 to 2007/08 is discussed, and results compared across years and between groups (e.g. SLED versus non-SLED captures). A lack of brain examinations in the years before 2006/07, in combination with difficulties in interpreting lesions from frozen cadavers, means that this retrospective review has some limitations.