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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?

2. Partial thromboplastin time - prothrombin time - VWF test - thrombin time - FDPs
What are some examples of immunologic?
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia

3. Prognosis and tx protocol
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?

4. Not cleaning refractometer - drying of sample - inclusion of buffy coat
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
What is an example of loss of RBC

5. 5-7
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What is another name for a blister cell?

6. Mycoplasma haemofelis (hemobartonella felis)
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?

7. Reticulocyte count
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia

8. Horse
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?

9. B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes; B are used for antibody production; T are used for hypersensitivity reactions - elimination of intracellulaar organisms - elimination of abnormal tissues
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
What do the granules of a mast cell contain

10. WBC identification rule of thumb
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...

11. Fuzzy - hairy - appear to have tentacle or strings coming off of it which means they are reactive platelets
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?

12. Acetaminophin - maple leaves - onions - and zinc
List the order of Platelet production
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?

13. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?

14. Bleed them out
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
Fibrinolysis is...
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What is the tx for RBC tumor

15. Must be >50lbs -PCV >40% - current on vx - mellow temperment
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field

16. Thrombin - platelets
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils

17. Round to oval; ameboid
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?

18. 1 year; bleeding disorders (hemophila) - gives passive immunity (Parvo)
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors

19. Hyperproteinemia - salt retention in CHF or iartrogenic
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?

20. Salivation - v/d - dyspnea - death
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?

21. Ad: speedy collection - no exchange of glass into blood; dis: cell trauma d/t vacuum - breakable - glass activates coagulation factors - component separation more difficult
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What color is a 22ga needle?

22. Kidney
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What organ produces EPO?
What does a mature avian RBC look like
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?

23. PCV - TP - Plasma evaluation in conjunction with LTT
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
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.
What does a mature avian RBC look like
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?

24. Maintains osmotic pressure
What is the function of albumin?
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each

25. Platelets develop filopodia with receptors and vWB - which causes them to stick to subendothelial collagen. As soon as they stick - they start releasing their granular contents
Define absolute
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

26. Nulcear characteristics and cytoplasmic characteristics
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
Define polycythemia
The WBC morphology includes...
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________

27. No - but it is not ideal
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?

28. Blast: lrg cell - mature: sm. cell - mixed: seen in horses commonly
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)

29. Dark - dense segmented nucleus
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?

30. Leukocytozoon spp
What are the indications for BM sampling
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
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.

31. High - because they lose the ability to retain water
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
What is the biggest error in hematology?
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?

32. True deviation in the amount
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
What is the stimulus for platelets
Define absolute

33. Hemotomas - bleeding into muscle joints/body cavities and delayed bleeding after venipunture
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What are dohle bodies?
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?

34. Hemorrhage
What is the biggest error in hematology?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
What is an example of loss of RBC
List the order of Platelet production

35. Russel bodies in cytoplasm - constipated plasma cell - honeycomb appearing; only seen in birds and reptiles
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What is a WBC tumor?
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
What do monocytes do?

36. 39-55 -30-36
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?

37. Right shift; greater than 5 lobes
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?

38. Lymphosarcoma
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?

39. Size - shape - and number
what WBC do mast cells resemble
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
Platelet morphology includes...

40. Changes the color of mm or urine; no; because the mm and urine change to an opaque brown color Which is the color of the Oxyglobin
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.

41. Hemophila A and VWD- maintenance
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?

42. In the fridge - in the freezer
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC

43. Hyperchromic
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia

44. Heinz body
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood

45. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...

46. To avoid introduction of tissue thromboplastin in your sample and clotting
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?

47. Increase loss of RBCs - Increase destruction - and decrease production
What is the side effect of glucocorticoids? Is EPO involved?
A vascular spasm is immediate...
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
Define thromboembolic disorder

48. Pink
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
What color is a 20ga needle?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

49. Prothrombin time
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia

50. Iron deficiencies and Japanese Akitas
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
Microsytosis is often seen in...
Platelet morphology includes...
What is dysproteinemia?