Hypothesis Three: Fracture, Sepsis, and Pathological Compression Leading to Valgus 
Deformity.

	At birth, this calf underwent extreme trauma to its metacarpal phalangeal joint 
causing injury to his left from limb and fracturing it.  This trauma negatively impacted 
chondral growth in the physis which was exacerbated by the prolonged bandaging of the 
calfŐs leg.  Normally, bones require physiologic compression to achieve accelerated 
chondral growth and remodeling that will ultimately result in a healthy limb. However, 
this did not happen in the calf. All of the trauma and bandaging caused abnormal usage of 
his leg, which led to pathological compression on the lateral side of the growing bones. 
This caused premature closure of the growth plate on the lateral side while the medial 
side of the growth plate remained open and growing. As the medial side continued 
growing, the valgus deformity occurred.
	This calf also is experiencing an infection of his wounded limb. The farmer and 
referring veterinarian did not practice proper bandaging or casting techniques and left the 
bandages on for far too long. Because the calfŐs bandages werenŐt changed every 7-10 
days, an infection developed leading to the sloughing skin, open wounds, and draining 
tracts.  Special care must be paid to this to prevent septic arthritis or systemic sepsis from 
developing if it has not already occurred.