HYPOTHESIS 1:

For this hypothesis we thought that there was a fracture with a tendon rupture or damage.   We thought that either the distal metacarpal 4 or phalange 1 may have been fractured during delivery of the calf.  It is possible that the proximal sesimoid bone may have been fractured also depending on the placement of the chains to extract the calf.  
	We think that there may have been tendon damage to either the deep digital flexor tendon or the superficial digital flexor tendon.  These may have also been damaged by pulling too hard on the chains during the forced extraction.   This would explain why the toes are pointed dorsally when weight is applied to the left front.  
	Both of these conditions are complicated by the local infection that has set in this leg.  This infection may have either been introduced when the chains where used and the skin was lacerated.  A bandaged was then applied for a month and was not changed which would also be a possible source of infection.  The other time that infection may have been introduced is when the bandages were removed and the skin sloughed off to leave open wounds.  There are now draining tracts, crepitation and granulomatous lesions on the leg  which all support a bacterial infection.   The infection is not systemic because the calf is still acting normal and does not have an elevated temperature.