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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Deficiency of vitamin K - Liver Dz/Failure - DIC
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________

2. Circulating pool; mature granulocytes; 6-8 hours
What does erythrophagocytosis look like?
What are some causes of BM failure
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

3. (Hb x 10)/RBC
MCH
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________

4. Black ring has a smaller diameter
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
For the intrinsic pathway factors XII - XI - IX - VIII are activated by contact with collagen - endotoxin platelet products and other negatively charged substances. This process can be called ___ ___
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?

5. Plt estimate - plt count - BMBT - ACT
What are dohle bodies?
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
What is a WBC tumor?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils

6. Liver
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?

7. Primary Hemostasis- plt plug - Secondary Hemostasis- fibrin clot - Fibrinolysis- breakdown of clot
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
The RBC morphology includes...
What color is a 20ga needle?

8. For smaller animals with small volumes collected
The RBC morphology includes...
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
Name the 2 agranulocytes
What does a RTT contain?

9. Ad: speedy collection - no exchange of glass into blood; dis: cell trauma d/t vacuum - breakable - glass activates coagulation factors - component separation more difficult
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What is the function of albumin?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?

10. Heinz body
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?

11. Russel bodies in cytoplasm - constipated plasma cell - honeycomb appearing; only seen in birds and reptiles
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?

12. Microcytic
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?

13. Fibrin
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?

14. oval
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus

15. Right shift; greater than 5 lobes
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?

16. Heparin and 3.8% Na Citrate
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What do you look for to identify a basophil
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each

17. Adequate size and WBC distribution
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...

18. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
For the intrinsic pathway factors XII - XI - IX - VIII are activated by contact with collagen - endotoxin platelet products and other negatively charged substances. This process can be called ___ ___
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...

19. Postprandial (patient just ate) - hypothyroid - diabetes mellitus
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
What is fibrinolysis?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?

20. Not mixing upon intro - slow draw - dinking around - traumatic venipuncture
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
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?
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH

21. Hereditary
Platelet morphology includes...
What do you look for to identify a basophil
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
What is the method for ACT?

22. High - because hormones trigger a hyper immune state.
What does BMBT evaluate
During gestation is TP high or low?
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

23. 100
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.

24. B/c eos produce anti histamine to counteract the histamine i the mast cell granules
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus

25. Amount is the same it just looks different (ex fish pond)
What are the types of BM sample?
Define relative
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What is contained in the buffy coat?

26. Eccentric nucleus with low N:C ratio - very clear perinuclear halo; only seen in birds and reptiles
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What is an example of decreased production?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?

27. 72 hours; thrombocytopenia; no; because the platelets aggregate
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?

28. segmented nucleus
All cells can get...
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
Avian basophils do not have a...
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking

29. New Anemia -Decrease production anemia
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?

30. Hemoproteus spp
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each

31. 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 is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
What are the Vitamin K depended factors

32. Nutrients - minerals - hormones - and proteins all maintain homeostasis. electrolytes do action potentials. and enzymes function is catalyst.
What is the specific use for BTT?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
Thrombocytes tend to...
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?

33. It does not contain an anticoagulant ;) so the blood will clot.
What does a RTT contain?
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?

34. Horse
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
What are dohle bodies?
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?

35. 39-55 -30-36
What is the specific use for BTT?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

36. Howell-Jolly Bodies
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?

37. VWB
For the intrinsic pathway factors XII - XI - IX - VIII are activated by contact with collagen - endotoxin platelet products and other negatively charged substances. This process can be called ___ ___
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
vacuoles
What does the plt estimate evaluate?

38. Azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

39. Not mixing the sample
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
What is the biggest error in hematology?
What is the method for ACT?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...

40. Fill a DET tube - gently mix - set timer - keep in warm spot - check tube every 10 sec until clot forms stop timer
What is the specific use for LTT?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
What is the method for ACT?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia

41. In bone marrow; myeloblasts - promyelocytes - myelocytes
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

42. EDTA Which binds with calcium preventing coagulation
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
What does a mature avian RBC look like
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?

43. Shaking - too small a needle with too much neg. back pressure - intravascular hemolysis
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?
What is the method for ACT?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?

44. Immediate hypersensitivity or delayed hypersensitivity
What are some examples of immunologic?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?

45. PSS; RBC wash; removes non-erythrocytic antigens from blood
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 does the plt estimate evaluate?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
What do the granules of a mast cell contain

46. Anaplasma marginale
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?

47. Blast: lrg cell - mature: sm. cell - mixed: seen in horses commonly
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?

48. Hypoxia
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?

49. Trypanosoma sp
Define relative
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?

50. Large amounts to be effective - not long lasting - pricey
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?