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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Body - monolayer - and feathered edge
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?

2. Shaking - too small a needle with too much neg. back pressure - intravascular hemolysis
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
Where does protein originate from?

3. But temporary
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
A vascular spasm is immediate...
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?

4. Cow
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?

5. 2 gtts donor RBC suspension and 2 gtts recipient plasma
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
Adhesion requires what factor?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics

6. > 10lb - PCV > 30-35% - current on vx - only indoor cat
Fibrinogen > __________
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird

7. Pink
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What color is a 20ga needle?
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?

8. Band neutrophil
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is the method for ACT?
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?

9. Jugular- 20ga
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?

10. Cardiomyopathy in cats and HWD in dogs
This is seen with canine distemper virus and can be present on WBC - RBC - epithelial cells - would be in Plts but wont be able to see.
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?

11. Primary absolute polycythemia and secondary absolute polycythemia
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?

12. Round to oval nucleus with smudged chromatin; high N:C
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
What is an example of decreased production?

13. Genetic material in the nucleus
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
chromatin
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?

14. 2 syringe technique and multiple vacutainer tube technique
What does a RTT contain?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?

15. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
Define thromboembolic disorder
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?

16. (PCV x 10)/RBC
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?
MCV
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?

17. (Hb x 100)/ PCV
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
What is the tx for RBC tumor
MCHC

18. Spherocyte
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?

19. Thrombopathias and vascular
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?
What is this the test of choice for?

20. Kidney
What organ produces EPO?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?

21. Dark purple-magenta granular inclusions in the cytoplasm; endotoxins - toxicemia
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood

22. Dog
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?

23. Red
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What color is a 25ga needle?
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?

24. Neutrophil - eosinophil - basophil
vacuoles
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
Name the 3 granulocytes
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?

25. IV
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

26. It is the percent of a quantity of blood Which is made up of the red blood cells.
What is the function of protein?
What is the definition of PCV?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

27. Ponctate Polka Dot Ribosomes More mature retic -Aggregate Clumped Ribosomes Younger retic
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?
What do monocytes do?

28. B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes; B are used for antibody production; T are used for hypersensitivity reactions - elimination of intracellulaar organisms - elimination of abnormal tissues
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
The RBC morphology includes...
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)

29. Echinocytes
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
What is TP measured in?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.

30. 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
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first
At birth is TP high or low

31. Increased concentration: dehydration
What is this the test of choice for?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example

32. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
What is contained in the buffy coat?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
What is the plt dervided growth factor?

33. Drugs - DIC - Uremia
What is serum?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?

34. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia

35. Hemolysis and clot
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?

36. Prognosis and tx protocol
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
The RBC morphology includes...
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?

37. Prothrombinase
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
What does BMBT evaluate
MCH

38. Stage 1: one organ stage 2: stage 1 + regional lymph nodes stage 3: stage 2 + all lymph nodes stage 4: stage 3 + liver and spleen stage 5: stage 4 + BM and blood
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

39. (Hb x 10)/RBC
MCH
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?

40. CBC
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What is the specific use for LTT?
What is the plt dervided growth factor?
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.

41. Band
Defects of hemostasis can be..
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?

42. Heparin - histamine - and eosinophilic chemotactic factor
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?

43. 3 times
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?

44. VWB factor
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
Adhesion requires what factor?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What organ produces EPO?

45. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
List the order of Platelet production
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

46. Deficiency of vitamin K - Liver Dz/Failure - DIC
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
What are 3 effects of EPO?
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects

47. Primary hemostasis and plt number
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What does plt count evaluate?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?

48. The fluid portion of anticoagulated blood
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
Define artifact
What is plasma?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

49. BTT
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
Where does protein originate from?
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?

50. Increased concentration of amount of RBC ex: dehydration or splenic contraction
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?
What is plasma?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
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