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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. 5.0-7.0 g/dl - 5.0-8.0 g/dl
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?

2. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
Define relative
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?

3. Breakdown of a clot
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What is fibrinolysis?
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?

4. Von Willebrand's Disease
What does a RTT contain?
What is an example of increased destruction?
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
What are two stains used in staining blood films?

5. Promoters - inhibitors
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.

6. Bone marrow toxin - kidney failure - iron defiency
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What is an example of decreased production?

7. Trypanosoma sp
Fibrinogen > __________
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.

8. Anemia
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects

9. Anisocytosis
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
Define relative
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?

10. Stimulates and amplifies the coagulation cascade (or secondary hemostasis)
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
During secretion What does PF3 do?
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
What is this the test of choice for?

11. Iron deficiencies and Japanese Akitas
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?

12. Blue-grey inclusion in the cytoplasm that is irregular in shape
What are dohle bodies?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
MCV
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?

13. Thrombocytes
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
List the order of Platelet production
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________

14. Cellular - acellular - and fluid
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
What are the 3 components of blood?
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation

15. Jugular- 18ga
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?

16. 5 -000 -000-10 -000 -000/microliter; 5 -000 -000-11 -000 -000/microliter
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?

17. Macro - mega - shift - or giant
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?

18. Vacuoles in cytoplasm with foaminess- can see pits on 100x
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?

19. Liver
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
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?

20. Hemonate for microdrips and admin set with filter for macrodrips
List the order of Platelet production
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?

21. Primary hemostasis
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
What does BMBT evaluate

22. Whatever the bird weighs - 1% of that body weight is what you can safely draw (Ex- 3 ml from a 300g bird)
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology

23. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?

24. Ehrilichia - babesia - RMSF - borrelia - brucella - dirofilaria
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?

25. Increase loss of RBCs - Increase destruction - and decrease production
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
vacuoles

26. Oval with raisin-like nucleus
What does a mature avian RBC look like
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?

27. VWB factor
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
Adhesion requires what factor?
What is the stimulus for platelets
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.

28. Monolayer on 40x
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?

29. Band neutrophil
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus

30. Dog
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?

31. Seg
During secretion What does PF3 do?
What is a neutrophil commonly referred to as?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...

32. doesn't last that long
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What are the 3 components of blood?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

33. SQ
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
What is the method for ACT?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?

34. 35 days if kept at 1-6 degrees celsius in CPDA; oxygen carrying capacity - anemic normovolemic - anemic hypovolemic in conjunction with crystalloids
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
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
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia

35. Low - it takes 6-12 months to build up
At birth is TP high or low
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........

36. PO - IV - SQ - IP - IO
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
What is the stimulus for platelets

37. Aggregate
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
What are the routes of fluid replacement?

38. Hypochromic
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Define absolute
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?

39. Increase at the same time
What are the indications for BM sampling
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?

40. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
What is the specific use for BTT?
Define thromboembolic disorder
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
MCH

41. Morbillivirus sp
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.
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
MCH
What is an example of increased destruction?

42. Shaking - too small a needle with too much neg. back pressure - intravascular hemolysis
Define relative
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size

43. Jugular vein- 22ga - cephalic vein- 25ga - femoral vein- 25ga
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
What is an example of loss of RBC
The RBC morphology includes...
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?

44. Neutrophil; 6 hours; 2-2.5x
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________

45. Hyperchromic
What is TP measured in?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?

46. Blast: lrg cell - mature: sm. cell - mixed: seen in horses commonly
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?

47. Hemosiderin - erythrophagocytosis; IMHA
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...

48. Size - shape - and number
Platelet morphology includes...
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...

49. Dif Quick - DipStat - Wright's stain
The WBC morphology includes...
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?

50. Dark purple-magenta granular inclusions in the cytoplasm; endotoxins - toxicemia
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?