Surgery and Radiology Section

HEMI STANDING AND HEMI WALKING REACTION AND PLACING REACTION

Hemi standing and hemi walking reaction

• The thoracic and pelvic limbs on one side lifted from the ground so that all of the animal’s weight is supported by the opposite limbs.
• Forward and lateral walking movements are then evaluated.

Placing reaction

• Placing is evaluated first without vision (Tactile placing) and then with vision.
• In this test the examines support the animal’s under the thorax and covers the eyes one hand or with a blind hole.
• The thoracic limbs are brought in contact in the edge of the table at or ventral to the carpus.
• A normal response is immediate placement of feet on table surface in a positioned at supports weight.