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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Not mixing upon intro - slow draw - dinking around - traumatic venipuncture
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?

2. Lymphocyte; resting memory cell; in lymph nodes
What are the indications for BM sampling
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
What is the only cell that the production does not start with a PPSC? What cell does it start with? Where is this cell located in the body?
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

3. Iatrogenic
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?

4. Macrocytic
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?

5. Thrombin - platelets
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
What does a RTT contain?
chromatin

6. Body - monolayer - and feathered edge
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
The RBC morphology includes...
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?

7. Horse
What is the function of albumin?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?

8. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
Define thromboembolic disorder
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?

9. Increase production: inflammation - IMDz
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
What is another name for a blister cell?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?

10. TPR - MM - CRT - PCV - TP
MCH
What is an example of decreased production?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?

11. Red ring and black ring hematocrit tubes
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
What is TP measured in?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?

12. VWB factor
Adhesion requires what factor?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
What is the tx for RBC tumor

13. Amount is the same it just looks different (ex fish pond)
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
Define relative

14. Prothrombinase
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?

15. Salivation - v/d - dyspnea - death
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
Define polycythemia
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia

16. Slow- 0.11 ml/#/minute for the first 15 minutes
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?

17. Neutrophil - eosinophil - basophil
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
Name the 3 granulocytes
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each

18. Anatomical distribution - histologic pattern - and cytologic pattern
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
What does plt count evaluate?
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?

19. To help increase BP to place a catheter or if you cant give IV
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
What is fibrinolysis?

20. PCV - TP - Plasma evaluation in conjunction with LTT
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?

21. PSS; RBC wash; removes non-erythrocytic antigens from blood
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
The WBC morphology includes...
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?
What is the definition of PCV?

22. 2 gtts donor plasma and 2 gtts recipient RBC suspension
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube

23. Vacuoles
All cells can get...
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...

24. IV catheter; IO or IP
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
The RBC morphology includes...

25. Fibrin clot
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge

26. VIII and vWB
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?

27. Cytoplasm appears to have a more blue color than usual
What is the specific use for LTT?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?

28. 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 in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
MCH

29. Yes b/c they spill into the bloodstream
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.

30. Liver is #1 lymphoid tissue is #2
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
Where does protein originate from?
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?

31. no body
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.
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
chromatin
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

32. NRBC
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What is the method for BMBT?
What are the indications for BM sampling

33. Fibrin
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?

34. Hemorrhage- good for oxygen increasing and volume expansion
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
The WBC morphology includes...
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen

35. Uncontrolled growth arising from blood or blood forming organs
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______

36. Macrocytosis - Microcytosis
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia

37. Polychormatophilics
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
Thrombocytes tend to...
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood

38. Cow; dusty purple grey
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
What is the stimulus for RBC production?

39. 60-70 -30-36
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?

40. Cardiomyopathy in cats and HWD in dogs
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
The WBC morphology includes...
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?

41. doesn't last that long
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?

42. Non- Regenerative -Regenerative
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?

43. 72 hours; thrombocytopenia; no; because the platelets aggregate
What is the function of immunglobins?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

44. Deficiency of vitamin K - Liver Dz/Failure - DIC
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?

45. Around the heart and spinal cord seen in dairy cattle
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?

46. Perform 2 or more of the test
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?

47. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
What is the tx for RBC tumor
What is contained in the buffy coat?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
What color is a 25ga needle?

48. Blast: lrg cell - mature: sm. cell - mixed: seen in horses commonly
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What is the method for ACT?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?

49. Adhesion - Aggregation - Secretion
vacuoles
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?

50. FDP's (Fibrin Degredation Products)
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______