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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. The fluid portion of anticoagulated blood
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What is plasma?
What is the specific use for BTT?

2. Howell-Jolly Bodies
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?

3. Adhesion - Aggregation - Secretion
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What are dohle bodies?

4. Cat
What is the stimulus for platelets
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?

5. EDTA because you wont have stainging variation
What are 3 effects of EPO?
What does plt count evaluate?
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?

6. Acetaminophin - maple leaves - onions - and zinc
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
A vascular spasm is immediate...
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?

7. Basophils
what WBC do mast cells resemble
Define polycythemia
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?

8. VWB
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus

9. Iatrogenic
What are some causes of BM failure
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first
List the order of Platelet production

10. Keratocyte
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What is the function of protein?
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?

11. Heinz body
Define artifact
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What does PTT and PT evaluate?

12. Amount is the same it just looks different (ex fish pond)
Adhesion requires what factor?
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
Define relative

13. Leukocytosis with increased bands; leukopenia or degenerative left shift
What happens during aggregation
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?

14. 100
What is TP measured in?
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
Thrombocytes tend to...
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?

15. w/o anemia
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
When evaluating the size of RBCs we not only look at How many RBCs have a size difference but also the...
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge

16. Jugular- 18ga - tail vein- 20 or 18ga
What does a mature avian RBC look like
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
What is an example of loss of RBC
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird

17. Thick blood b/c of excess proteins
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?

18. Myelodysplasia
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
What is the function of protein?
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 is a WBC tumor?

19. Oval with raisin-like nucleus
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What happens during aggregation
What does ACT evaluate?
What does a mature avian RBC look like

20. Mean Corpuscular Hb Concentration - gives us the amount of Hb
granule
Name the 2 agranulocytes
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?

21. The fluid portion of coagulated blood
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What is serum?

22. Dif Quick - DipStat - Wright's stain
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
What are two stains used in staining blood films?

23. Schistocytes
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?

24. 200 -000-500 -000/microliter; 200 -000-500 -000/microliter
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?

25. Rouleaux or agglutination
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?

26. Hemoproteus spp
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________

27. Russel bodies in cytoplasm - constipated plasma cell - honeycomb appearing; only seen in birds and reptiles
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?

28. Red ring and black ring hematocrit tubes
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?

29. Appears adequate = between 8-30 per field appears decreased = fewer than 8 per field
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects

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
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?

31. PPSC differentiates into a rubriblast -Increase in hemoglobin synthesis -Early release of immature RBCs if needed
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What are 3 effects of EPO?
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?

32. It is the percent of a quantity of blood Which is made up of the red blood cells.
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What is the definition of PCV?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia

33. Vit K
What does plt count evaluate?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?

34. Hypoxia
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
granule
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?

35. 5-7
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?

36. Heterophil
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
What is the method for ACT?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
Platelet morphology includes...

37. SQ
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

38. Protrusion will be very dark in color
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics

39. RBC morphology - WBC morphology - and platelets
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
Where does protein originate from?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?

40. Vacuoles
All cells can get...
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
MCHC

41. Hyperchromic
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What is an example of loss of RBC
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?

42. Blood glucose
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What avian WBC am I describing.....typically rod-shaped - eosinophilic granule which partially or completely obscure the nucleus
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)

43. Hemorrhage
Name the 3 granulocytes
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
What is an example of loss of RBC
What does BMBT evaluate

44. VIII and vWB
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
The RBC morphology includes...
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
All cells can get...

45. Acanthocytes
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?

46. doesn't last that long
What solution do you add to RBCs to resuspend them when doing a crossmatch? What is the fluid portion called after you spin it again? Why is this step important?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
What happens during aggregation
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

47. Decreased concentration: over hydration
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?

48. Inconsistent - small - and irregular
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?

49. Band
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
What is the stimulus for platelets
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?

50. Test for fibrinolysis specifically the amount of FDP
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
What does the FDP test detect?
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?