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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. (Hb x 10)/RBC
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
Define relative
MCH
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each

2. Vascular part - platelet plug
Where does protein originate from?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
Define thromboembolic disorder
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?

3. PCV - RBC - Hb - Retic Ct - Morphology - Indices MCV - MCHC - MCH
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?

4. Abnormal protein measurement in blood
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
What is dysproteinemia?

5. 37-55% - 30-45%
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What are the Vitamin K depended factors
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion

6. Howell-Jolly Bodies
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?

7. Iron deficiencies and Japanese Akitas
Microsytosis is often seen in...
During secretion What does PF3 do?
What does VWF test evaluate?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?

8. Dog
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
The WBC morphology includes...
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
What does VWF test evaluate?

9. Monocyte with a RBC inside it due to the monocyte engulfing it
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What does erythrophagocytosis look like?

10. Torocytes
What does a RTT contain?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.

11. Albumin and immunglobins
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What are the 2 main proteins?
What happens during aggregation
MCV

12. Acanthocytes
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each

13. Primary granules; no
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?

14. Primary hemostasis
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What does BMBT evaluate

15. Anterior vena cava- 16ga 3-3.5 inches - ear vein- 21ga butterfly
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each

16. 15-45%; 55-85%; 0-5%; rare
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

17. Fibrin
What color is a 18ga needle?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What are some causes of BM failure

18. 2 gtts donor RBC suspension and 2 gtts donor plasma
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.

19. Sick stressed cats due to lack of enzymes
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?

20. Adequate size and WBC distribution
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
All cells can get...
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
What does the plt estimate evaluate?

21. BTT
What is the function of albumin?
Define artifact
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each

22. Blood chemistries
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
What are the types of BM sample?

23. Deficiency of vitamin K - Liver Dz/Failure - DIC
What is a serum separator tube?
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?

24. w/o anemia
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?

25. Eccentric nucleus with low N:C ratio - very clear perinuclear halo; only seen in birds and reptiles
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What does BMBT evaluate

26. VWB
Microsytosis is often seen in...
Where does protein originate from?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?

27. Antigen or foreign protein
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
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 can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?

28. Basophilic stippling
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
What is the definition of PCV?
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.

29. 5 minutes at 6000 rpm
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?

30. Lymphosarcoma
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?

31. Megakaryocyte
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?

32. Jar 1- fixative- 5 one second dips jar 2 -eosinophilc - 5 one second dips jar 3 - basophilic - 7-10 one second dips
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens

33. Leukocytosis
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
What does a RTT contain?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?

34. For smaller animals with small volumes collected
What does plt count evaluate?
What is the method for BMBT?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?

35. Saline wash
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
Define absolute
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?

36. If buffer gets into the stain jar the slide will not stain correctly

37. Partial thromboplastin time - prothrombin time - VWF test - thrombin time - FDPs
What does BMBT evaluate
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?

38. normally very balanced activators vs inhibitors
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
Fibrinolysis is...

39. Macrophages
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______

40. Increase
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
What are the indications for BM sampling
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs

41. Mean Corpuscular Volume - gives us the size of RBCs
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
Fibrinogen > __________

42. Affects the GI tract
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?
Avian basophils do not have a...
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?

43. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?

44. It is separated after 6 hours and fresh frozen is before 6 hours
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?

45. Extrinsic - Intrinsic - common
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What color is a 16ga needle?

46. 39-55 -30-36
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What happens during aggregation
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?

47. In bone marrow; matures - +/- bands
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...

48. RTT - LTT - BTT - Dia.
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
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 stimulus for RBC production?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?

49. 60-70 -30-36
List the order of Platelet production
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?

50. The fluid portion of anticoagulated blood
What is plasma?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?