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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Aggregate
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?

2. High - because they lose the ability to retain water
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What is an example of loss of RBC

3. Nuclear and cytoplasmic
The RBC morphology includes...
vacuoles
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?

4. Stage 1: one organ stage 2: stage 1 + regional lymph nodes stage 3: stage 2 + all lymph nodes stage 4: stage 3 + liver and spleen stage 5: stage 4 + BM and blood
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
Fibrinogen > __________
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?

5. Heterophil
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
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?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

6. Monolayer on 40x
What does plt count evaluate?
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________

7. G/ld - rounded to the nearest 0.2
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is TP measured in?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

8. Budding and Cytoplasmic Demarkation
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

9. Increase in RBCs
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What do you look for to identify a basophil
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?
Define polycythemia

10. Blood chemistries
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______

11. Ponctate Polka Dot Ribosomes More mature retic -Aggregate Clumped Ribosomes Younger retic
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics

12. Primary Hemostasis - platelet plug -Stimulate Secondary Hemostasis - Fibrin clot -Secrete
What are the 3 functions of platelets
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?

13. PPSC - Megakaryoblast - Promegakaryocyte - Megakaryocyte
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
List the order of Platelet production
What color is a 16ga needle?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?

14. Blue-grey inclusion in the cytoplasm that is irregular in shape
What are dohle bodies?
Avian basophils do not have a...
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally

15. Vasculitis - collagen deficiency - extensive vascular injury
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus

16. Blood glucose
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What are some causes of BM failure

17. Yes
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?

18. Hemophila A and VWD- maintenance
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
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?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?

19. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
All cells can get...
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
What is contained in the buffy coat?
What are the 3 components of hemostasis

20. Increased concentration: dehydration
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What is a serum separator tube?

21. In the fridge - in the freezer
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood

22. Polychormatophilics
What does a mature avian RBC look like
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
What is serum?
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood

23. Hemorrhage- good for oxygen increasing and volume expansion
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?

24. Von Willebrand's Disease
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
What is another name for a blister cell?
Define relative
granule

25. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?

26. Pink
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Avian basophils do not have a...
What are dohle bodies?
What color is a 20ga needle?

27. RTT with gel like substance used to separate cells form serum
What is a serum separator tube?
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
Microsytosis is often seen in...
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

28. Antigen or foreign protein
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
Fibrinogen > __________
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?

29. Sodium citrate Which binds with calcium to prevent coagulation
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
Define polycythemia

30. Increase at the same time
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
Fibrinogen and WBCs...

31. Ghost cell
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
What is the specific use for BTT?
What does a RTT contain?

32. Neutrophil; 6 hours; 2-2.5x
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?

33. 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 shelf life of Oxyglobin?
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
What is the method for ACT?
What are the 2 main proteins?

34. Amount is the same it just looks different (ex fish pond)
Define relative
What is the ratio of PSS to Packed RBCs in the RBC suspension?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

35. Something is mimicking what we are measuring
Define artifact
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?

36. Blood loss and dehydration
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?

37. Extrinsic - Intrinsic - common
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?

38. 5 -000 -000-10 -000 -000/microliter; 5 -000 -000-11 -000 -000/microliter
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?

39. Macrocytosis
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What are the 3 components of blood?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?

40. Hemotomas - bleeding into muscle joints/body cavities and delayed bleeding after venipunture
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia

41. Black ring has a smaller diameter
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?

42. Target cell
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils

43. Shaking - too small needle with too much negative back pressure - rocker tray too long - water in syringe - freezing and thawing - squirting into tube - spinning too fast or too long
What is plasma?
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

44. Liver function - immune status - hydrations - kidney function - and GI function
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?

45. In bone marrow; matures - +/- bands
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?

46. Plt estimate - plt count - BMBT - ACT
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
What are the 2 main proteins?

47. Liver and lymphoid tissue
During secretion What does PF3 do?
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
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?
Where are immunoglobins made?

48. The preceding factor
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is plasma?
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?

49. Heparin - histamine - and eosinophilic chemotactic factor
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
Defects of hemostasis can be..

50. (PCV x 10)/RBC
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
MCV
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?