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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Eccentrocyte
What is the function of immunglobins?
What is dysproteinemia?
What is another name for a blister cell?
Platelet morphology includes...

2. defective maturation series
What is plasma?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?

3. A - B - AB - most cats are type A
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What does a mature avian RBC look like
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
What are the blood types of a cat?

4. Diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia - dohle bodies - cytoplasmic vacuolization - toxic azurophilic granules
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
Avian basophils do not have a...
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?

5. For smaller animals with small volumes collected
What happens during aggregation
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
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?
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?

6. Pink
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What color is a 20ga needle?
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________

7. Anemia
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?

8. Heparin which prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?

9. PSS; RBC wash; removes non-erythrocytic antigens from blood
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?
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
What is the most important trait of blood donation?

10. Vasoconstriction and further platelet aggregation (overall goal is to get more platelets to that area)
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
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?

11. Black ring has a smaller diameter
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
At birth is TP high or low
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?

12. Brown-gold inclusions due to iron deposits within the cytoplasm
What is the tx for RBC tumor
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 does hemosiderin look like?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?

13. Increase loss of RBCs - Increase destruction - and decrease production
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
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 are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
What is the specific use for BTT?

14. Fuzzy - hairy - appear to have tentacle or strings coming off of it which means they are reactive platelets
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
What is another name for a blister cell?
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...

15. They increase
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?

16. Non regenerative - unexplained leukopenia - unexplained thrombocytopenia - presence of abnormal immature cells in peripheral blood
What are some causes of BM failure
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?

17. Marrow failure and tumor staging
Name the 2 agranulocytes
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
What are the indications for BM sampling

18. Increase
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
Avian basophils do not have a...
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils

19. 450 mls; 56 mls
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
Avian basophils do not have a...
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds

20. Iatrogenic
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia

21. (PCV x 10)/RBC
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
What is TP measured in?
MCV

22. Dog
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?

23. Affects the GI tract
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
Adhesion requires what factor?
What are the blood types of a cat?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?

24. BM aspirate or BM core biopsy
What are the types of BM sample?
What is the tx for RBC tumor
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?

25. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What does ACT evaluate?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils

26. Free or Unbound TPO
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
What is the stimulus for platelets

27. No - but it is not ideal
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
The WBC morphology includes...
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

28. Macrocytosis - Microcytosis
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?

29. TPR - MM - CRT - PCV - TP
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
What are some examples of immunologic?

30. New Anemia -Decrease production anemia
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...

31. WBC distribution - platelet clumping - abnormal cells - and microfilaria
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?

32. 37-55% - 30-45%
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?

33. High - because they lose the ability to retain water
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?

34. But temporary
Microsytosis is often seen in...
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
A vascular spasm is immediate...
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

35. VWB
Platelet morphology includes...
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?

36. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?

37. Band neutrophil
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?

38. Fixative- 3 1 sec dips - Eosinophilic- 5 1 sec dips - Basophilic- 10-20 dips
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________

39. IV
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Name the 3 granulocytes

40. Vasculitis - collagen deficiency - extensive vascular injury
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....

41. Circulating pool; mature granulocytes; 6-8 hours
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?

42. Liver function - immune status - hydrations - kidney function - and GI function
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?

43. Hemotomas - bleeding into muscle joints/body cavities and delayed bleeding after venipunture
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?

44. Prothrombin time
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What does a RTT contain?
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.

45. Increased concentration of amount of RBC ex: dehydration or splenic contraction
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin

46. Trypanosoma sp
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
What is the specific use for BTT?
What is the tx for RBC tumor

47. Empty package of negate stain
vacuoles
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.

48. Leukocytopenia or leukopenia
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?

49. 2 gtts donor plasma and 2 gtts recipient RBC suspension
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

50. don't cause clots
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What is the biggest error in hematology?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?