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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Citrate intoxication- cardiac standstill - tremors - arrhythmias
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
Fibrinolysis is...
What is the function of protein?

2. Acetaminophin - maple leaves - onions - and zinc
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally

3. 55-85%; 15-45%; 0-5%; rare
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What are the indications for BM sampling

4. Drugs - DIC - Uremia
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?

5. Albumin and immunglobins
What are the 2 main proteins?
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?

6. Primary hemostasis
What does BMBT evaluate
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?

7. Fixative- 3 1 sec dips - Eosinophilic- 5 1 sec dips - Basophilic- 10-20 dips
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?

8. Poikilocytosis
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
Name the 3 granulocytes
Platelet morphology includes...

9. Protrusion will be very dark in color
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?

10. Ad: speedy collection - no exchange of glass into blood; dis: cell trauma d/t vacuum - breakable - glass activates coagulation factors - component separation more difficult
What happens during aggregation
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?

11. To avoid introduction of tissue thromboplastin in your sample and clotting
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
What is the function of albumin?
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia

12. Body - monolayer - and feathered edge
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?

13. Mean Corpuscular Volume - gives us the size of RBCs
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?

14. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?

15. RTT - LTT - BTT - Dia.
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
vacuoles

16. Macro - mega - shift - or giant
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____

17. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?

18. Hemophila A and VWD- maintenance
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 ___ ___
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects

19. Sepsis - disease transmission - allergic reactions to foreign proteins - circulatory overload - hypothermia
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...

20. Von Willebrand's Disease
MCH
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology

21. Beter distribution/transport of oxygen - do not have to cross match
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?

22. Inconsistent - small - and irregular
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
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 type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia

23. doesn't last that long
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
Define relative
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______

24. Eccentrocyte
What is another name for a blister cell?
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals

25. Yes b/c they spill into the bloodstream
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
The WBC morphology includes...

26. Cow
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils

27. Coverslips
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
Fibrinolysis is...
What does PTT and PT evaluate?

28. Structural matrix - ground work for a cell - acts as transporters and carriers
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What is the function of protein?
Define artifact
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

29. Not mixing upon intro - slow draw - dinking around - traumatic venipuncture
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?

30. Vascular part - platelet plug
What is serum?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
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 ___ ___
MCH

31. High - because hormones trigger a hyper immune state.
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
During gestation is TP high or low?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What does the FDP test detect?

32. Shaking - too small needle with too much negative back pressure - rocker tray too long - water in syringe - freezing and thawing - squirting into tube - spinning too fast or too long
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

33. Not cleaning refractometer - drying of sample - inclusion of buffy coat
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What are 3 effects of EPO?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia

34. Thrombopathias and vascular
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
What is this the test of choice for?
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?

35. Round to oval; ameboid
When would you use fresh whole blood transfusion on your patient? How many hours from time of collection for it to be considered fresh? What does it contain that makes it better?
What is the definition of PCV?
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.

36. Anemia
What happens during aggregation
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
What are the indications for BM sampling

37. Affects the GI tract
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
List at least 5 differences between avian and mammalian hematology

38. In bone marrow; myeloblasts - promyelocytes - myelocytes
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...

39. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What is the stimulus for platelets
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?

40. Primary and secondary hemostasis specifically VWF and factor VIII
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
What does VWF test evaluate?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?

41. (Hb x 10)/RBC
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
MCH
What is the specific use for GreenTT?

42. IV
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What is fibrinolysis?
What is the function of protein?
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

43. CBC
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
What is the specific use for LTT?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs

44. Ehrilichia - babesia - RMSF - borrelia - brucella - dirofilaria
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?

45. Postprandial (patient just ate) - hypothyroid - diabetes mellitus
What does hemosiderin look like?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?

46. Hemonate for microdrips and admin set with filter for macrodrips
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?

47. The fluid portion of anticoagulated blood
What 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?
What is plasma?
What is another name for a blister cell?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?

48. Vacuoles in cytoplasm with foaminess- can see pits on 100x
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
What does hemosiderin look like?

49. Shaking - too small a needle with too much neg. back pressure - intravascular hemolysis
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
MCH
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?

50. (PCV x 10)/RBC
MCV
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.
What avian WBC am I describing.....typically rod-shaped - eosinophilic granule which partially or completely obscure the nucleus