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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Adhesion - Aggregation - Secretion
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.

2. Immature - cleft or bleb; reactive - granular cytoplasm - plasma cell - mott cell
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?

3. Breakdown of a clot
What is fibrinolysis?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?

4. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Define thromboembolic disorder
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.

5. Torocytes
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
The WBC morphology includes...
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.

6. Ehrilichia - babesia - RMSF - borrelia - brucella - dirofilaria
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better

7. Stimulated by sympathetic nerves - causes constriction of smooth muscle.
What are the indications for BM sampling
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)

8. VIII and vWB
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking

9. Red
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What color is a 25ga needle?
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size

10. Iatrogenic
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs

11. Mean Corpuscular Volume - gives us the size of RBCs
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?

12. PPSC - Megakaryoblast - Promegakaryocyte - Megakaryocyte
List the order of Platelet production
Adhesion requires what factor?
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

13. 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
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
Avian basophils do not have a...

14. Hemosiderin - erythrophagocytosis; IMHA
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...

15. Increased concentration: dehydration
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
MCV
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example

16. Basophilic stippling
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?

17. Not cleaning refractometer - drying of sample - inclusion of buffy coat
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?
Fibrinogen measurment makes up what percent of the TP?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?

18. Dark purple-magenta granular inclusions in the cytoplasm; endotoxins - toxicemia
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?

19. Leukocytopenia or leukopenia
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.

20. SQ
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

21. 3 times
What are dohle bodies?
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?

22. Target cell
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?

23. Less reactions - more cost effective - better use of donors
Microsytosis is often seen in...
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
Define artifact

24. Marrow failure and tumor staging
What are the indications for BM sampling
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?

25. Monolayer on 40x
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?
What does a RTT contain?

26. no body
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
chromatin

27. Appears adequate = between 8-30 per field appears decreased = fewer than 8 per field
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?

28. BM aspirate or BM core biopsy
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
What are the types of BM sample?

29. Nuclear and cytoplasmic
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
What is this the test of choice for?

30. Macrophages
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?

31. Dark - dense segmented nucleus
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
What are the 3 components of blood?
what WBC do mast cells resemble
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?

32. Mycoplasma haemofelis (hemobartonella felis)
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?

33. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects

34. Thrombocytes
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What is the stimulus for platelets
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________

35. Hemorrhage- good for oxygen increasing and volume expansion
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
What is the plt dervided growth factor?
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
What is the biggest error in hematology?

36. True deviation in the amount
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
Define absolute
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?

37. Dog
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
What is serum?

38. Platelets stick to each other
What happens during aggregation
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?

39. Deficiency of vitamin K - Liver Dz/Failure - DIC
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
Avian basophils do not have a...

40. Primary Hemostasis - platelet plug -Stimulate Secondary Hemostasis - Fibrin clot -Secrete
What does VWF test evaluate?
What are the 3 functions of platelets
What is a serum separator tube?
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?

41. Affects the GI tract
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
What are the 3 components of blood?

42. Left shift - regenerative left shift - or inflammatory leukogram
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?

43. 60-70 -30-36
What is an example of loss of RBC
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?

44. PPSC differentiates into a rubriblast -Increase in hemoglobin synthesis -Early release of immature RBCs if needed
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What are 3 effects of EPO?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

45. Increase
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
Name the 2 agranulocytes
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

46. Cat
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?

47. NRBC
What is the function of immunglobins?
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

48. Empty package of negate stain
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
vacuoles

49. To observe for transfusion reactions
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?

50. Hyperchromic
What is fibrinolysis?
What is dysproteinemia?
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?