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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. RTT with gel like substance used to separate cells form serum
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
What is a serum separator tube?

2. Liver Failure - DIC
Fibrinolysis is...
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
What is the definition of PCV?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects

3. Nutrients - minerals - hormones - and proteins all maintain homeostasis. electrolytes do action potentials. and enzymes function is catalyst.
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?

4. PO - IV - SQ - IP - IO
Avian basophils do not have a...
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?

5. VWB factor
Adhesion requires what factor?
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
The WBC morphology includes...

6. Hemorrhage
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What is an example of loss of RBC
What is the side effect of glucocorticoids? Is EPO involved?
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?

7. Uncontrolled growth arising from blood or blood forming organs
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
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?
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?

8. Acid citrate dextrose (21 days) - citrate phosphate dextrose (21 days) - citrate phosphate dextrose with adenine (35 days)
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 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
What is a neutrophil commonly referred to as?

9. Horse
What is a WBC tumor?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?

10. Something is mimicking what we are measuring
Define artifact
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?

11. Whatever the bird weighs - 1% of that body weight is what you can safely draw (Ex- 3 ml from a 300g bird)
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
At birth is TP high or low

12. Hyperproteinemia - salt retention in CHF or iartrogenic
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin

13. clump together
Thrombocytes tend to...
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
What is TP measured in?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?

14. Primary hemostasis
Define thromboembolic disorder
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
What does BMBT evaluate
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.

15. Empty package of negate stain
vacuoles
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
Fibrinolysis is...

16. (Hb x 10)/RBC
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
MCH
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?

17. lymphosarcoma
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
During gestation is TP high or low?
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?

18. Anisocytosis
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What is a serum separator tube?
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?

19. Actually fibrinogen increases before WBCs increase
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

20. Jar 1- wright's stain - set slide in jar for 1 min - jar 2 - buffer with 1 pipette of wright's stain- set slide in jar for 1 min - jar 3 - distille water - dip slide into jar 7-10 one sec dips

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21. Coverslips
What is TP measured in?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?

22. EDTA blood causes mycoplasma to fall off of RBCs making it harder to see.
What does a mature avian RBC look like
Define relative
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...

23. Leukocytozoon spp
Fibrinolysis is...
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
Defects of hemostasis can be..
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

24. Jugular vein- 22ga - cephalic vein- 25ga - femoral vein- 25ga
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each

25. Dog
What is the definition of PCV?
What are the Vitamin K depended factors
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?

26. Anatomical distribution - histologic pattern - and cytologic pattern
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?

27. Peripheral Blood - Bone Marrow
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?

28. blood
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
During secretion What does PF3 do?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?

29. Grey
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What color is a 16ga needle?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?

30. Increased concentration: dehydration
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?

31. oval
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus

32. WBC distribution - platelet clumping - abnormal cells - and microfilaria
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?

33. Diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia - dohle bodies - cytoplasmic vacuolization - toxic azurophilic granules
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?
What are the 3 components of blood?

34. Black ring has a smaller diameter
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?

35. Acanthocytes
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
What is the function of immunglobins?

36. Polycythemia vera and erthodysplasia
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?

37. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
Define thromboembolic disorder
What does the FDP test detect?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?

38. Agglutination or hemolysis
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?

39. Vacuoles in cytoplasm with foaminess- can see pits on 100x
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?
What does VWF test evaluate?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?

40. Anaplasma marginale
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
What is the side effect of glucocorticoids? Is EPO involved?

41. Red
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
What is a serum separator tube?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What color is a 25ga needle?

42. Breakdown of a clot
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
What is fibrinolysis?

43. Non regenerative - unexplained leukopenia - unexplained thrombocytopenia - presence of abnormal immature cells in peripheral blood
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What are some causes of BM failure
Avian basophils do not have a...
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?

44. In the fridge - in the freezer
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first

45. Hemoproteus spp
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?

46. Protrusion will be very dark in color
At birth is TP high or low
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB

47. Blood chemistries
what WBC do mast cells resemble
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What is dysproteinemia?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?

48. The preceding factor
What are some causes of BM failure
What are the Vitamin K depended factors
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?
List at least 5 differences between avian and mammalian hematology

49. Use simplate device to make an incision into upper lip - start timer - using filter paper dab site (dont wipe) every 10 seconds until bleeding stops. Normal range: 1-3min in dogs and cats
Where does protein originate from?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
What is the method for BMBT?
All cells can get...

50. 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?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?
What is an example of loss of RBC