Five measurements of claw conformation (toe angle, claw height, claw width, toe length and abaxial groove length) taken directly from the hoof were compared with the measurements taken from digital images of the same claws. Concordance correlation coefficients and limits-of-agreement analysis showed that, for four of the five measures (claw height, claw width, toe length and abaxial groove leng...

The quest for efficient production of pork protein to be able to feed a growing population is critical for the pork industry. A disease that causes a large impact on cost and efficiency of production is lameness. This disease is like a stealthy thief. The losses from this disease often go unnoticed or recognized. The consequences are larger in proportion than most producers are aware. Lameness ...

A cause of claw lameness in dairy cows is biomechanical factors caused by imbalances of the pressure distribution under the hooves when cows are confined in modern dairy operations with hard concrete flooring. Clinically, the earliest diagnosis of claw lameness is only possible by visually observing faulty locomotion (i.e., lame gait). Unfortunately, the earliest pathological gait signs are typ...

Since many -complete graph problems are polynomial-time solvable when restricted to claw-free graphs, we study the problem of determining distance a given graph, considering vertex elimination measure. Claw-free Vertex Deletion (CFVD) consists minimum number vertices be removed from such that resulting is claw-free. Although CFVD -hard in general and recognizing graphs still challenge, where cu...

In this article, we address the scheduling problem in wireless ad hoc networks by exploiting computational advantage that comes when problems can be represented claw-free conflict graphs where consider a broadcast medium. It is possible to formulate of transmissions as finding maximum weighted independent set (MWIS) graph network. Finding MWIS general NP-hard leading an complexity scheduling. g...

The edge clique cover number ecc ( G ) of a graph is the size smallest collection complete subgraphs whose union covers all edges G. Chen, Jacobson, Kézdy, Lehel, Scheinerman, and Wang conjectured in 2000 that if claw-free, then bounded above by its order (denoted n). Recently, Javadi Hajebi verified this conjecture for claw-free graphs with an independence at least three. We study two, which a...

Devil's claw (Harpagophytum procumbens): pharmacological and clinical studies SIR, Over the last few years a number of reports have appeared in local newpapers in the North of England and Scotland claiming 'miraculous' results for treatment with devil's claw in patients with both adult and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.1 2The preparation used was a tablet prepared from an aqueous extract of the...