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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Structural matrix - ground work for a cell - acts as transporters and carriers
What is the function of protein?
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?

2. Non regenerative - unexplained leukopenia - unexplained thrombocytopenia - presence of abnormal immature cells in peripheral blood
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
What are some causes of BM failure

3. Left shift - regenerative left shift - or inflammatory leukogram
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?

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

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5. Anaplasma marginale
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
what WBC do mast cells resemble

6. RTT with gel like substance used to separate cells form serum
What does VWF test evaluate?
What is a serum separator tube?
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?

7. PCV - TP - skin tugor - CRT
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
Avian basophils do not have a...

8. Pink
What does a RTT contain?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What color is a 20ga needle?
What do monocytes do?

9. Fixative- 3 1 sec dips - Eosinophilic- 5 1 sec dips - Basophilic- 10-20 dips
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology

10. Sodium citrate Which binds with calcium to prevent coagulation
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?

11. Inconsistent - small - and irregular
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?

12. Hemorrhage- good for oxygen increasing and volume expansion
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?

13. Slow- 0.11 ml/#/minute for the first 15 minutes
What is an example of increased destruction?
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What do you look for to identify a basophil

14. Spherocyte
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
At birth is TP high or low
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?

15. Mean Corpuscular Hb Concentration - gives us the amount of Hb
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...

16. Jugular- 18ga
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.

17. A - B - AB - most cats are type A
What is the specific use for BTT?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
What are the blood types of a cat?

18. Lymphocyte; they clone themselves before they die
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.

19. Low - it takes 6-12 months to build up
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
What is the specific use for BTT?
At birth is TP high or low
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?

20. Jugular- 20ga - cephalic- 22ga - recurrent tarsal/lateral saphenous- 25ga direct draw from patient
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 in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?
Name the 3 granulocytes
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each

21. Polychormatophilics
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors

22. Thick blood b/c of excess proteins
What do monocytes do?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?

23. Oxylate Which binds with calcium to prevent coagulation.
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

24. 2 gtts donor RBC suspension and 2 gtts recipient plasma
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals

25. Albumin and immunglobins
What are the 2 main proteins?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

26. Cytoplasm appears to have a more blue color than usual
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?

27. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?

28. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
What is the function of immunglobins?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
Define thromboembolic disorder
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?

29. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
What is the stimulus for platelets
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?

30. B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes; B are used for antibody production; T are used for hypersensitivity reactions - elimination of intracellulaar organisms - elimination of abnormal tissues
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?

31. Increased concentration: dehydration
Define thromboembolic disorder
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
MCHC

32. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
vacuoles
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
What is the method for ACT?

33. Budding and Cytoplasmic Demarkation
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?

34. VWB
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What happens during aggregation
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?

35. Breakdown of a clot
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
What are some examples of immunologic?
What is fibrinolysis?

36. Eccentric nucleus with low N:C ratio - very clear perinuclear halo; only seen in birds and reptiles
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
What is the specific use for BTT?
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?

37. Mean Corpuscular Volume - gives us the size of RBCs
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What are some examples of immunologic?
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
What do you look for to identify a basophil

38. Increase
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.

39. Monolayer on 40x
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

40. Room temperature
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?

41. Poikilocytosis
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What is the method for BMBT?

42. 10mls/# every 3 weeks; 5mls/# every 3-4 weeks
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
What does plt count evaluate?
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?

43. Blue granules
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What do you look for to identify a basophil

44. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
What is contained in the buffy coat?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?

45. lymphosarcoma
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
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?

46. 1 year; bleeding disorders (hemophila) - gives passive immunity (Parvo)
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?

47. Vascular part - platelet plug
Define thromboembolic disorder
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis

48. TPR - MM - CRT - PCV - TP
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
Avian basophils do not have a...

49. Swine - 3-3.5 inches long
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?

50. PCV - TP - Plasma evaluation - directly from patient
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?