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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Prothrombin time
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?

2. Non- Regenerative -Regenerative
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
Platelet morphology includes...
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?

3. Calculated a corrected WBC ct.
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
What is fibrinolysis?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?

4. Von Willebrand's Disease
What is an example of loss of RBC
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?

5. 1.000
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.
Name the 3 granulocytes
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?

6. Blast: lrg cell - mature: sm. cell - mixed: seen in horses commonly
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
What are the indications for BM sampling

7. Anisocytosis
A vascular spasm is immediate...
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?

8. 2 years at room temperature
List the order of Platelet production
A vascular spasm is immediate...
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

9. Appears adequate = between 8-30 per field appears decreased = fewer than 8 per field
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What color is a 16ga needle?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.

10. Ad: non-breakable - no vacuum - no activation of coagulation factors - component separation is easier; dis: migration of plastic into blood - slower collection
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
Name the 3 granulocytes

11. Increase
The WBC morphology includes...
What are the indications for BM sampling
All cells can get...
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

12. Obs = # retics/1000 x 100 COR = (Pt PCV/ Average PCV) x observed % Abs = # retics/1000 x RBC ct
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?

13. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
What is serum?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?

14. BTT
What does hemosiderin look like?
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each

15. In bone marrow; metamyelocytes and bands
What is the specific use for LTT?
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What is the tx for RBC tumor
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

16. Ad: speedy collection - no exchange of glass into blood; dis: cell trauma d/t vacuum - breakable - glass activates coagulation factors - component separation more difficult
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.

17. Immediate hypersensitivity or delayed hypersensitivity
What is the method for BMBT?
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
What are some examples of immunologic?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

18. Must be >50lbs -PCV >40% - current on vx - mellow temperment
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?

19. Peripheral Blood - Bone Marrow
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT

20. Prothrombinase
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
What is the function of albumin?
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?

21. Antigen or foreign protein
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?

22. Hemosiderin - erythrophagocytosis; IMHA
What color is a 18ga needle?
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.

23. Not cleaning refractometer - drying of sample - inclusion of buffy coat
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
What does VWF test evaluate?
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________

24. Jugular- 18ga
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size

25. Mycoplasma haemofelis (hemobartonella felis)
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?

26. The preceding factor
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?

27. Blood glucose
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?

28. Leukocytosis with increased bands; leukopenia or degenerative left shift
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
vacuoles
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?

29. Breakdown of a clot
Platelet morphology includes...
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
What is fibrinolysis?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?

30. Soluble coagulation factors - cofactors
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors

31. Neutrophil - eosinophil - basophil
Name the 3 granulocytes
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation

32. Mean Corpuscular Volume - gives us the size of RBCs
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals

33. PO - IV - SQ - IP - IO
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
Define artifact
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?

34. Red
What color is a 25ga needle?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?

35. Nuclear and cytoplasmic
What is serum?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?

36. Thrombin - fibrin
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
Fibrinogen > __________

37. Roughened endothelium - protein C deficiency - and nephrotic syndrome
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
The WBC morphology includes...
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?

38. 2 gtts donor RBC suspension and 2 gtts recipient plasma
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

39. BM aspirate or BM core biopsy
What are the types of BM sample?
What does a mature avian RBC look like
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?

40. Anatomical distribution - histologic pattern - and cytologic pattern
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
What color is a 22ga needle?

41. The fluid portion of coagulated blood
What is serum?
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
What are the indications for BM sampling

42. Russel bodies in cytoplasm - constipated plasma cell - honeycomb appearing; only seen in birds and reptiles
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
Where are immunoglobins made?

43. Hemophila A and VWD- maintenance
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
What are the 2 main proteins?

44. Basophilic stippling
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
What is the specific use for LTT?
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.

45. For smaller animals with small volumes collected
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
Thrombocytes tend to...

46. Round to oval nucleus with smudged chromatin; high N:C
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?

47. Hereditary
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What is the method for ACT?
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field

48. Tissue factor - prothrombinase
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
What does BMBT evaluate

49. Horse
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?
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...

50. lymphosarcoma
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT