If

this situation is serious, then oftentimes the animal's ownership is taken over by the investigating agency.

The animal is seized as living evidence of the crime.

That agency is now responsible for the veterinary care that needs to be provided to that patient.

And they may mandate what's termed a medical legal examination or a forensic examination of the patient.

Right.

And so you as a veterinarian may have, you know, examined and done some diagnostic testing, maybe some x-rays or some lab work that are all kind of suspicious of trauma and it's high on your list that non-accidental trauma may be one of the things that is under consideration.

Dr. Bateman, what methods do you use to document injuries? I know you mentioned video pictures, things like that, but to document injuries and or to collect evidence at a scene?