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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Coverslips
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________

2. Hemophila A and VWD- maintenance
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia

3. Stomatocyte
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
What organ produces EPO?
What does erythrophagocytosis look like?

4. Protrusion will be very dark in color
What is serum?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally

5. Tissue factor - prothrombinase
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?

6. In the fridge - in the freezer
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
What is an example of loss of RBC
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
What is the biggest error in hematology?

7. Nulcear characteristics and cytoplasmic characteristics
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
The WBC morphology includes...
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.

8. Leukocytosis with increased bands; leukopenia or degenerative left shift
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?

9. Bleed them out
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What is the tx for RBC tumor
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
Platelet morphology includes...

10. Hemotomas - bleeding into muscle joints/body cavities and delayed bleeding after venipunture
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What does a mature avian RBC look like

11. 72 hours; thrombocytopenia; no; because the platelets aggregate
What color is a 18ga needle?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
MCV

12. Roughened endothelium - protein C deficiency - and nephrotic syndrome
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?

13. Free or Unbound TPO
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
What is the stimulus for platelets
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?

14. 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?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?

15. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
What is contained in the buffy coat?

16. Non- Regenerative -Regenerative
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
chromatin
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?

17. High - because they lose the ability to retain water
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What is plasma?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?

18. WBC- defense - RBC- O2 transport - Plts- platelet plug
MCV
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?

19. Ameboid nucleus with lacy chromatin; +/- vacuoles; low N:C
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______

20. Rouleaux or agglutination
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?

21. Enzymes and non enzymes factors - -calcium - tissue factors - vitamins
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each

22. Mean Corpuscular Volume - gives us the size of RBCs
What are some causes of BM failure
What is serum?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?

23. .98mls to .02mls
What is the ratio of PSS to Packed RBCs in the RBC suspension?
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
What is the specific use for LTT?
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?

24. Yes
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
What is the definition of PCV?
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?

25. Jugular- 18ga
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
chromatin

26. Not cleaning refractometer - drying of sample - inclusion of buffy coat
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
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 is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?

27. The fluid portion of anticoagulated blood
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
What is plasma?

28. Thrombocytopenia
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?

29. 1.1 - 1.2 - and 7
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?

30. Mycoplasma haemofelis (hemobartonella felis)
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects

31. Not mixing the sample
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What is the biggest error in hematology?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?

32. Right shift; greater than 5 lobes
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?

33. Horse
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
What is fibrinolysis?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?

34. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?

35. Metamyelocyte
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin

36. WBC distribution - platelet clumping - abnormal cells - and microfilaria
What does plt count evaluate?
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?

37. Eccentrocyte
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What does a mature avian RBC look like
What is another name for a blister cell?

38. Round to oval; ameboid
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
What color is a 25ga needle?

39. Jugular- 18ga - tail vein- 20 or 18ga
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?

40. SQ
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects

41. defective maturation series
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?

42. Nodular: walled off - diffuse: deep in tissues
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
Where are immunoglobins made?
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?

43. Membrane bound package of chemicals
Avian basophils do not have a...
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
granule
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion

44. In bone marrow; metamyelocytes and bands
What are the 3 functions of platelets
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

45. BTT
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
The WBC morphology includes...
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia

46. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
Define thromboembolic disorder
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

47. Primary hemostasis and plt number
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What does plt count evaluate?

48. Liver function - immune status - hydrations - kidney function - and GI function
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?

49. 10mls/# every 3 weeks; 5mls/# every 3-4 weeks
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?

50. Heinz body
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What are the 3 functions of platelets
What are some causes of BM failure