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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Hemonate for microdrips and admin set with filter for macrodrips
What does the FDP test detect?
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
What is this the test of choice for?

2. Red ring and black ring hematocrit tubes
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?

3. Compensatory mechanisms
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?

4. PO - IV - SQ - IP - IO
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size

5. PCV - TP - Plasma evaluation in conjunction with LTT
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What are the blood types of a cat?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

6. normally very balanced activators vs inhibitors
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
Fibrinolysis is...
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.

7. Vascular part - platelet plug
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

8. Horse
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.

9. Detects decreases in fibrinogen and thrombin inhibition from FDPs
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What are the 2 main proteins?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

10. Distilled water on refractometer or an uncalbrated refractometer
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?

11. hereditary or acquired
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
Defects of hemostasis can be..
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?

12. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge

13. Cells that are dead; have clumps of what used to be nucleus
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?

14. Increase
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
What is the stimulus for platelets
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What is the ratio of PSS to Packed RBCs in the RBC suspension?

15. 2 years at room temperature
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?

16. 35 days if kept at 1-6 degrees celsius in CPDA; oxygen carrying capacity - anemic normovolemic - anemic hypovolemic in conjunction with crystalloids
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
Fibrinogen > __________
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?

17. Peripheral Blood - Bone Marrow
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
Where does protein originate from?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?

18. RTT - LTT - BTT - Dia.
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
Where are immunoglobins made?

19. Increase loss of RBCs - Increase destruction - and decrease production
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
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?

20. Thrombocytopenia
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?

21. They increase
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?

22. Lymphocyte; resting memory cell; in lymph nodes
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
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?
Define artifact

23. present in the blood
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...

24. Empty package of negate stain
What is the function of immunglobins?
vacuoles
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?

25. Primary Hemostasis- plt plug - Secondary Hemostasis- fibrin clot - Fibrinolysis- breakdown of clot
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?

26. Vacuoles in cytoplasm with foaminess- can see pits on 100x
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.

27. Vasculitis - collagen deficiency - extensive vascular injury
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
What is the method for BMBT?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?

28. Marrow failure and tumor staging
What are the indications for BM sampling
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds

29. Rouleaux or agglutination
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
MCV
What is dysproteinemia?

30. 100
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
Platelet morphology includes...
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?

31. Thrombocytes
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?

32. 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 are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is plasma?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?

33. Hemoproteus spp
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus

34. Acute- DIC - ruptured spleen - chronic- GI ulcers
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...

35. 5-7
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)

36. Microcytic
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?

37. Macrophages
Where does protein originate from?
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?

38. Blue granules
What do you look for to identify a basophil
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects

39. Cytauxzoon sp.
Where does protein originate from?
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

40. Thrombocytosis
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
What is another name for a blister cell?

41. FDP's (Fibrin Degredation Products)
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.
What does hemosiderin look like?

42. Proximal humerus - proximal femur - crest and wing of ilium - sternum and dorsal ends of ribs
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?

43. Thrombocytopenia
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?

44. Right shift; greater than 5 lobes
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
What are the 2 main proteins?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?

45. Echinocytes
List the order of Platelet production
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?

46. Small quantities - more fragile cells -RBC are nucleated -Thrombocytes instead of platelets -Polychromasia is common -Heterophils replace neutrophils -Basophils are non segmented
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
List at least 5 differences between avian and mammalian hematology
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?

47. High - because hormones trigger a hyper immune state.
During gestation is TP high or low?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
What is serum?

48. IMHA - clostridium hemolyticum
What is an example of increased destruction?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs

49. Increase at the same time
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?

50. PO
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?