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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Jar 1- wright's stain - set slide in jar for 1 min - jar 2 - buffer with 1 pipette of wright's stain- set slide in jar for 1 min - jar 3 - distille water - dip slide into jar 7-10 one sec dips

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2. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
Thrombocytes tend to...

3. CBC in birds and reptiles
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
Adhesion requires what factor?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?

4. Acanthocytes
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
What is the most important trait of blood donation?

5. oval
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
The WBC morphology includes...

6. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
What is contained in the buffy coat?
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
What is the function of albumin?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?

7. Affects the GI tract
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube

8. Vasoconstriction and further platelet aggregation (overall goal is to get more platelets to that area)
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first

9. 35 days if kept at 1-6 degrees celsius in CPDA; oxygen carrying capacity - anemic normovolemic - anemic hypovolemic in conjunction with crystalloids
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?

10. True deviation in the amount
Define absolute
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?

11. Leukocytopenia or leukopenia
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
Where does protein originate from?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?

12. Changes the color of mm or urine; no; because the mm and urine change to an opaque brown color Which is the color of the Oxyglobin
Name the 2 agranulocytes
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

13. Tissue factor - prothrombinase
Define polycythemia
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
What does ACT evaluate?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________

14. Primary absolute polycythemia and secondary absolute polycythemia
What are the Vitamin K depended factors
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What organ produces EPO?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?

15. Increase loss of RBCs - Increase destruction - and decrease production
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?

16. WBC identification rule of thumb
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
What is the tx for RBC tumor

17. High - because hormones trigger a hyper immune state.
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
During gestation is TP high or low?
What is plasma?
What color is a 18ga needle?

18. PO
chromatin
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What is the function of albumin?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...

19. Budding and Cytoplasmic Demarkation
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?

20. no body
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What avian WBC am I describing.....typically rod-shaped - eosinophilic granule which partially or completely obscure the nucleus

21. Leukocytosis with increased bands; leukopenia or degenerative left shift
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
What does hemosiderin look like?
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?

22. Thrombocytosis
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are the 3 components of blood?

23. Distilled water on refractometer or an uncalbrated refractometer
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?

24. Dark - dense segmented nucleus
What does hemosiderin look like?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?

25. Monolayer on 40x
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?

26. Extrinsic - Intrinsic - common
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What happens during aggregation
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?

27. Leukocytozoon spp
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
What avian parasite am i describing... in RBC and WBC - round to elongated with gross host cell distortion and flattening of host nucleus along on side of cell
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH

28. doesn't last that long
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?

29. Howell-Jolly Bodies
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.

30. 60-90 sec for dogs - <65 sec for cats
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What are the normal ranges for ACT?

31. Lymphosarcoma
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?

32. To avoid introduction of tissue thromboplastin in your sample and clotting
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
What is TP measured in?
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
What are two stains used in staining blood films?

33. Myelodysplasia
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
What is a WBC tumor?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

34. Abnormal protein measurement in blood
What is dysproteinemia?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What does a RTT contain?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example

35. Jar 1- fixative- 5 one second dips jar 2 -eosinophilc - 5 one second dips jar 3 - basophilic - 7-10 one second dips
What is a serum separator tube?
What do monocytes do?
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

36. VIII and vWB
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?

37. It does not contain an anticoagulant ;) so the blood will clot.
What does a RTT contain?
What is a WBC tumor?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.

38. Lrg clusters of plasma cells in BM aspirate -lytic bone lesion -monoclonal gammopathy -bence jones proteinuria
MCHC
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)

39. Prothrombin time
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What does BMBT evaluate
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood

40. Vit K
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?

41. Thrombocytopenia
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.

42. Bleed them out
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?
What is the tx for RBC tumor
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?

43. Blue-grey inclusion in the cytoplasm that is irregular in shape
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.
What are dohle bodies?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis

44. Red ring - blue ring - and black ring tubes
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?

45. Recycle old RBCs - engulf bacteria - clean up any major messes
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
What do monocytes do?
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

46. PCV - RBC - Hb - Retic Ct - Morphology - Indices MCV - MCHC - MCH
What is the specific use for BTT?
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?

47. Acetaminophin - maple leaves - onions - and zinc
What is the plt dervided growth factor?
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
For the intrinsic pathway factors XII - XI - IX - VIII are activated by contact with collagen - endotoxin platelet products and other negatively charged substances. This process can be called ___ ___
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?

48. Postprandial (patient just ate) - hypothyroid - diabetes mellitus
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

49. Basophilic stippling
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)

50. fresh
What organ produces EPO?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better