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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. 450 mls; 56 mls
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
Avian basophils do not have a...
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?

2. Macro - mega - shift - or giant
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
The RBC morphology includes...
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia

3. Jar 1- fixative- 5 one second dips jar 2 -eosinophilc - 5 one second dips jar 3 - basophilic - 7-10 one second dips
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

4. Thrombin - platelets
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...

5. Small quantities - more fragile cells -RBC are nucleated -Thrombocytes instead of platelets -Polychromasia is common -Heterophils replace neutrophils -Basophils are non segmented
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
chromatin
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
List at least 5 differences between avian and mammalian hematology

6. Kidney
What organ produces EPO?
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?

7. Trypanosoma sp
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
What is the function of albumin?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.

8. Cellular - acellular - and fluid
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What are the 3 components of blood?
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?

9. Right shift; greater than 5 lobes
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What are the types of BM sample?
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...

10. No only one; report out toxic neutrophil for all presentations
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What does a RTT contain?

11. VIII and vWB
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?

12. CBC in birds and reptiles
What is fibrinolysis?
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?

13. Coverslips
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What is contained in the buffy coat?
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?

14. Acute- DIC - ruptured spleen - chronic- GI ulcers
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
What is fibrinolysis?
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?

15. IV catheter; IO or IP
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
Define relative
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens

16. Size - shape - and number
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
Platelet morphology includes...
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?

17. Left shift - regenerative left shift - or inflammatory leukogram
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
What color is a 25ga needle?

18. Deep basophilic cytoplasm with a perinuclear halo; mammals and exotics in peripheral blood smears
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
During secretion What does PF3 do?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?

19. To avoid introduction of tissue thromboplastin in your sample and clotting
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?

20. Cow; dusty purple grey
What does plt count evaluate?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.
At birth is TP high or low

21. Platelets stick to each other
Define polycythemia
What happens during aggregation
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils

22. Diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia - dohle bodies - cytoplasmic vacuolization - toxic azurophilic granules
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?

23. High - because hormones trigger a hyper immune state.
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
vacuoles
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
During gestation is TP high or low?

24. 2 years at room temperature
What is an example of loss of RBC
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...

25. In the fridge - in the freezer
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?

26. 1.1 - 1.2 - and 7
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each

27. defective maturation series
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?

28. Cells that are dead; have clumps of what used to be nucleus
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What are the 3 functions of platelets

29. PPSC - Rubriblast - Prorubricyte - Rubricyte - Metarubricyte - Polychromatophilic - Mature RBC
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
What is the specific use for BTT?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
What does hemosiderin look like?

30. PO
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

31. Nuclear and cytoplasmic
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
What are the blood types of a cat?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?

32. Beter distribution/transport of oxygen - do not have to cross match
A vascular spasm is immediate...
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?

33. Pink granules
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

34. Aggregate
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally

35. Mycoplasma haemofelis (hemobartonella felis)
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
What does a RTT contain?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.

36. They increase
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?

37. Macrocytic
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?

38. Reticulocyte count
Defects of hemostasis can be..
Where does protein originate from?
What does VWF test evaluate?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia

39. Hereditary
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
What is dysproteinemia?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?

40. Budding and Cytoplasmic Demarkation
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

41. Inconsistent - small - and irregular
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 are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
What species never releases immature RBCs early?

42. Something is mimicking what we are measuring
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
Define artifact

43. RTT - LTT - BTT - Dia.
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
Fibrinogen > __________

44. 55-85%; 15-45%; 0-5%; rare
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?
Fibrinogen measurment makes up what percent of the TP?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.

45. 6 -000-17 -000/microliter; 5 -500-19 -500/microliter
What is TP measured in?
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?

46. Rouleaux or agglutination
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?

47. High calorie - high glucose treat (Ad or regular diet with Karo syrup poured on top)
What is the definition of PCV?
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH

48. WBC identification rule of thumb
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
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...

49. Lung deficit - asthma - altitude - PDA
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?
What does ACT evaluate?
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?

50. Liver Failure - DIC
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
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?

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