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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. PPSC - Megakaryoblast - Promegakaryocyte - Megakaryocyte
What is fibrinolysis?
List the order of Platelet production
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin

2. TPR - MM - CRT - PCV - TP
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH

3. Hemosiderin - erythrophagocytosis; IMHA
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
chromatin
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
What do monocytes do?

4. It is the percent of a quantity of blood Which is made up of the red blood cells.
What is the definition of PCV?
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first

5. EDTA because you wont have stainging variation
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?
When evaluating the size of RBCs we not only look at How many RBCs have a size difference but also the...
What are the indications for BM sampling
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird

6. 5-7
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?

7. CBC in birds and reptiles
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?

8. Lymphocyte - monocyte
What is the tx for RBC tumor
Name the 2 agranulocytes
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?

9. Common Common Pathway Substances: Prothrombin > _______
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?

10. Anterior vena cava- 16ga 3-3.5 inches - ear vein- 21ga butterfly
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What is the function of albumin?

11. Fibrin
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
At birth is TP high or low
Name the 2 agranulocytes
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?

12. Leptocyte
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

13. Not mixing the sample
What is this the test of choice for?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What is the biggest error in hematology?
Adhesion requires what factor?

14. Round to oval nucleus with smudged chromatin; high N:C
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?

15. Nonimmunologic and immunologic; immunologic
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia

16. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
Name the 3 granulocytes
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
What 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?

17. Poikilocytosis
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.

18. PPSC - Rubriblast - Prorubricyte - Rubricyte - Metarubricyte - Polychromatophilic - Mature RBC
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?
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?

19. Hyperproteinemia - salt retention in CHF or iartrogenic
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
EPO is involved with hypoxia...

20. 5 minutes at 6000 rpm
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?
What do monocytes do?

21. Breakdown of a clot
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
What is fibrinolysis?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?

22. Leukocytopenia or leukopenia
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?

23. Dog-88ml/kg - cat- 66ml/kg
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
What are the 3 functions of platelets
What does hemosiderin look like?

24. 2 years at room temperature
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC

25. BM aspirate or BM core biopsy
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
The RBC morphology includes...
What are the types of BM sample?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

26. Round to oval; ameboid
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?

27. hereditary or acquired
What is the specific use for LTT?
MCHC
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Defects of hemostasis can be..

28. Non- Regenerative -Regenerative
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
What is dysproteinemia?
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?

29. Promoters - inhibitors
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
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?

30. 1.1 - 1.2 - and 7
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
What is this the test of choice for?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?

31. Proximal humerus - proximal femur - crest and wing of ilium - sternum and dorsal ends of ribs
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
What is the plt dervided growth factor?

32. Hemorrhage
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
What is an example of loss of RBC
What does the FDP test detect?

33. Dark purple-magenta granular inclusions in the cytoplasm; endotoxins - toxicemia
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
What is a neutrophil commonly referred to as?

34. Green
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What color is a 18ga needle?
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?

35. Vascular part - platelet plug
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?

36. Morbillivirus sp
What is contained in the buffy coat?
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?
What organ produces EPO?
This is seen with canine distemper virus and can be present on WBC - RBC - epithelial cells - would be in Plts but wont be able to see.

37. Fibrin clot
What color is a 18ga needle?
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
A vascular spasm is immediate...
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?

38. Heparin which prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
What is a neutrophil commonly referred to as?
The WBC morphology includes...
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?

39. EDTA blood causes mycoplasma to fall off of RBCs making it harder to see.
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia

40. Liver Failure - DIC
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
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
What species never releases immature RBCs early?

41. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
What does ACT evaluate?

42. Plastic bag - glass bottle - syringe
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size

43. Bleed them out
MCV
What are the types of BM sample?
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
What is the tx for RBC tumor

44. To observe for transfusion reactions
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
What does erythrophagocytosis look like?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?

45. Polycythemia vera and erthodysplasia
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
What are the 3 functions of platelets
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
What is the definition of PCV?

46. Pink granules
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
During gestation is TP high or low?
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
What is the method for BMBT?

47. 2 gtts donor plasma and 2 gtts recipient RBC suspension
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

48. RBC tumor - RBC replicating uncontrollably. EPO is not involved.
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What does PTT and PT evaluate?

49. Eccentrocyte
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What is another name for a blister cell?

50. Immature - cleft or bleb; reactive - granular cytoplasm - plasma cell - mott cell
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
What do monocytes do?
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?