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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Stomatocyte
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

2. Immediate hypersensitivity or delayed hypersensitivity
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
What are some examples of immunologic?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
MCH

3. Neutrophil - eosinophil - basophil
What does a mature avian RBC look like
Name the 3 granulocytes
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?

4. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What is an example of decreased production?
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
What does a RTT contain?

5. The preceding factor
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?
What do monocytes do?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
All cells can get...

6. Anisocytosis
What is the plt dervided growth factor?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?

7. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
What is the biggest error in hematology?
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...

8. Coverslips
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
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 ___ ___
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What is the plt dervided growth factor?

9. Ehrilichia - babesia - RMSF - borrelia - brucella - dirofilaria
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....

10. Leukocytopenia or leukopenia
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?

11. Decreased concentration: over hydration
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?

12. Blue-grey inclusion in the cytoplasm that is irregular in shape
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________
What are dohle bodies?
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?

13. To observe for transfusion reactions
What organ produces EPO?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?

14. Anaplasma marginale
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?

15. In bone marrow; metamyelocytes and bands
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

16. Heparin and 3.8% Na Citrate
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.

17. Immatures - hypersegmented neutrophils - pyknosis; toxic neutrophils
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
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 ___ ___

18. Contact activation
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
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 baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?

19. In the fridge - in the freezer
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
Avian basophils do not have a...
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors

20. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
All cells can get...
What is the function of immunglobins?

21. Cow; dusty purple grey
What is a serum separator tube?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube

22. Hemonate for microdrips and admin set with filter for macrodrips
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)

23. Sepsis - disease transmission - allergic reactions to foreign proteins - circulatory overload - hypothermia
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia

24. 3 times
Define absolute
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What is the specific use for BTT?
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?

25. VWB
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
MCH

26. Free or Unbound TPO
What is the stimulus for platelets
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What is plasma?

27. > 10lb - PCV > 30-35% - current on vx - only indoor cat
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
What is the stimulus for platelets
At birth is TP high or low
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?

28. w/o anemia
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
What is the function of immunglobins?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...

29. Promoters - inhibitors
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
What is serum?
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation

30. Mycoplasma haemofelis (hemobartonella felis)
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?

31. Kidney
What organ produces EPO?
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?

32. Blood loss and dehydration
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What is the stimulus for platelets
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?

33. Causes an increase in RBCs. NO EPO involved.
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.
What is the side effect of glucocorticoids? Is EPO involved?
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?

34. 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?
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects

35. Pink granules
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?

36. Polycythemia vera and erthodysplasia
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?

37. Mean Corpuscular Hb Concentration - gives us the amount of Hb
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each

38. Extrinsic - Intrinsic - common
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?

39. Use simplate device to make an incision into upper lip - start timer - using filter paper dab site (dont wipe) every 10 seconds until bleeding stops. Normal range: 1-3min in dogs and cats
What is the method for BMBT?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?

40. RTT with gel like substance used to separate cells form serum
What is a serum separator tube?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?

41. Adequate size and WBC distribution
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?

42. 50:50%; 0-5%; rare
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?
What do monocytes do?

43. G/ld - rounded to the nearest 0.2
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What is TP measured in?
What are the indications for BM sampling

44. IV
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
What are the 3 components of blood?

45. Bleed them out
What is the tx for RBC tumor
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?

46. VIII and vWB
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What is a WBC tumor?

47. Vasoconstriction and further platelet aggregation (overall goal is to get more platelets to that area)
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?

48. Concentration of proteins reflects a balance b/w filtration into tissues then a return of proteing in the lymphatic system
What are 3 effects of EPO?
What is the method for ACT?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
What is the function of immunglobins?

49. PPSC - Rubriblast - Prorubricyte - Rubricyte - Metarubricyte - Polychromatophilic - Mature RBC
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
vacuoles

50. Blast: lrg cell - mature: sm. cell - mixed: seen in horses commonly
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?