Introduction : what is veterinary forensics? / David Bailey -- Forensic philosophy / Karl Harrison and David Bailey -- Law and animals / Deborah Rook and Pippa Swann -- Forensic science and applications to one health / Lloyd Reeve-Johnson and David Bailey -- Evidence collection and gathering : the living evidence / David Bailey -- Forensic examination of animal hair / Claire Gwinnett -- Firearms and ballistics / Rachel Bolton-King and Johan Schulze -- Blood and blood pattern analysis / David Bailey -- Understanding the nature of documentary evidence / Nikolaos Kalantzis -- Forensic toxicology / Enest Rogers -- Bitemark analysis / David Bailey, Jenny Hamilton-Ible, Lucy Leicester, Louise Macleod and Adele Wharton -- Report writing / David Bailey -- The human-animal relationship / Pippa Swann.