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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Cellular - acellular - and fluid
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
What are the 3 components of blood?

2. Blue granules
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
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 ___ ___
Fibrinogen > __________
What do you look for to identify a basophil

3. Increase loss: hemorrhage - decrease production: liver failure - decrease consumption: starvation
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What does hemosiderin look like?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.

4. Sepsis - disease transmission - allergic reactions to foreign proteins - circulatory overload - hypothermia
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?

5. Common Common Pathway Substances: Prothrombin > _______
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge

6. Stimulates and amplifies the coagulation cascade (or secondary hemostasis)
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
During secretion What does PF3 do?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.

7. EDTA blood causes mycoplasma to fall off of RBCs making it harder to see.
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?

8. Breakdown of a clot
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What is fibrinolysis?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
At birth is TP high or low

9. Primary hemostasis and plt number
What does plt count evaluate?
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?

10. Deep basophilic cytoplasm with a perinuclear halo; mammals and exotics in peripheral blood smears
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______

11. Test for fibrinolysis specifically the amount of FDP
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What does the FDP test detect?

12. Vasoconstriction and further platelet aggregation (overall goal is to get more platelets to that area)
What is an example of loss of RBC
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia

13. Cells that are dead; have clumps of what used to be nucleus
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?

14. 6 -000-17 -000/microliter; 5 -500-19 -500/microliter
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?

15. 37-55% - 30-45%
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?
Fibrinogen > __________
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus

16. Fill a DET tube - gently mix - set timer - keep in warm spot - check tube every 10 sec until clot forms stop timer
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?
What is the method for ACT?
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

17. Actually fibrinogen increases before WBCs increase
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?

18. Immediate hypersensitivity or delayed hypersensitivity
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What are some examples of immunologic?

19. clump together
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Thrombocytes tend to...
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?

20. Uncontrolled growth arising from blood or blood forming organs
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
Where are immunoglobins made?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

21. Heparin which prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?

22. PPSC differentiates into a rubriblast -Increase in hemoglobin synthesis -Early release of immature RBCs if needed
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
What are 3 effects of EPO?
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?

23. WBC distribution - platelet clumping - abnormal cells - and microfilaria
What are some examples of immunologic?
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
What is the specific use for GreenTT?

24. Hyperchromic
What is the plt dervided growth factor?
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

25. Morbillivirus sp
Define absolute
What does a mature avian RBC look like
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
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.

26. Body - monolayer - and feathered edge
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird

27. Azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?

28. Hemotomas - bleeding into muscle joints/body cavities and delayed bleeding after venipunture
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
Where are immunoglobins made?
What is the specific use for BTT?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....

29. Aggregate
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

30. TPR - MM - CRT - PCV - TP
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?

31. EDTA Which binds with calcium preventing coagulation
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are the types of BM sample?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?

32. 3-6%
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
Fibrinogen measurment makes up what percent of the TP?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?

33. Yes
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example

34. Ehrilichia - babesia - RMSF - borrelia - brucella - dirofilaria
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....

35. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
Define polycythemia
What is contained in the buffy coat?

36. IV catheter; IO or IP
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?

37. SQ
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
chromatin
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?

38. w/o anemia
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...

39. Extrinsic - Intrinsic - common
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?

40. Dog
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
Avian basophils do not have a...
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.

41. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?

42. Size - shape - color - and +/- inclusions
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
The RBC morphology includes...
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...

43. The preceding factor
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
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 do you look for to identify a neutrophil?

44. Macrocytic
What is the definition of PCV?
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?

45. Heparin - histamine - and eosinophilic chemotactic factor
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
What organ produces EPO?
Avian basophils do not have a...

46. Polycythemia vera and erthodysplasia
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?

47. Prognosis and tx protocol
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________
What are the blood types of a cat?

48. PCV - RBC - Hb - Retic Ct - Morphology - Indices MCV - MCHC - MCH
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
What color is a 25ga needle?

49. The fluid portion of coagulated blood
What is serum?
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?

50. Inconsistent - small - and irregular
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?