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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Non- Regenerative -Regenerative
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________

2. Liver function - immune status - hydrations - kidney function - and GI function
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is a neutrophil commonly referred to as?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube

3. RBC tumor - RBC replicating uncontrollably. EPO is not involved.
What are the indications for BM sampling
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
What does the FDP test detect?
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?

4. Low - it takes 6-12 months to build up
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
At birth is TP high or low
Thrombocytes tend to...

5. Jar 1- wright's stain - set slide in jar for 1 min - jar 2 - buffer with 1 pipette of wright's stain- set slide in jar for 1 min - jar 3 - distille water - dip slide into jar 7-10 one sec dips

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6. Heinz body
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?

7. Sick stressed cats due to lack of enzymes
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)

8. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia

9. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?

10. Liver and lymphoid tissue
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What are the blood types of a cat?
Where are immunoglobins made?
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?

11. Cow
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?

12. Pink
What is dysproteinemia?
What color is a 20ga needle?
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?

13. PCV - TP - skin tugor - CRT
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?

14. Hemonate for microdrips and admin set with filter for macrodrips
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
During secretion What does PF3 do?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?

15. Blood glucose
What is the plt dervided growth factor?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?

16. Nuclear and cytoplasmic
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
Microsytosis is often seen in...

17. Amount is the same it just looks different (ex fish pond)
Define relative
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?

18. VIII and vWB
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?

19. Stomatocyte
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
What is plasma?
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?

20. Peripheral Blood - Bone Marrow
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
What is the specific use for GreenTT?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)

21. oval
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
What is a WBC tumor?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.

22. 200 -000-500 -000/microliter; 200 -000-500 -000/microliter
What does the FDP test detect?
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?

23. Postprandial (patient just ate) - hypothyroid - diabetes mellitus
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
A vascular spasm is immediate...

24. Vasculitis - collagen deficiency - extensive vascular injury
What is the specific use for LTT?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
What are the Vitamin K depended factors
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?

25. Heterophil
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?

26. In the fridge - in the freezer
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

27. Hypochromic
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are 3 effects of EPO?
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?

28. Actually fibrinogen increases before WBCs increase
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...

29. Increase at the same time
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
Fibrinogen and WBCs...

30. Cat
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
chromatin
What does hemosiderin look like?

31. Hypoxia w/o anemia and glucocorticoids
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?

32. Pink granules
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.

33. Blood gases
What is the specific use for GreenTT?
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...

34. Partial thromboplastin time - prothrombin time - VWF test - thrombin time - FDPs
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What does ACT evaluate?
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?

35. Drugs - DIC - Uremia
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______

36. Fuzzy - hairy - appear to have tentacle or strings coming off of it which means they are reactive platelets
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
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?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...

37. Leukocytosis with increased bands; leukopenia or degenerative left shift
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____

38. Marrow failure and tumor staging
What are the indications for BM sampling
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

39. FDP's (Fibrin Degredation Products)
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?

40. Decreased concentration: over hydration
Avian basophils do not have a...
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?

41. 2 gtts donor RBC suspension and 2 gtts donor plasma
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?

42. Increased concentration of amount of RBC ex: dehydration or splenic contraction
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
MCV
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?

43. 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 there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
What is a WBC tumor?
What is TP measured in?

44. Spherocyte
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

45. Budding and Cytoplasmic Demarkation
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What does plt count evaluate?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?

46. segmented nucleus
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
Avian basophils do not have a...
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?

47. 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
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

48. 1.1 - 1.2 - and 7
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?

49. Blood chemistries
The RBC morphology includes...
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
MCH

50. No - but it is not ideal
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
The RBC morphology includes...