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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. To observe for transfusion reactions
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
What is the method for BMBT?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?

2. Detects decreases in fibrinogen and thrombin inhibition from FDPs
Fibrinogen measurment makes up what percent of the TP?
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
What does the test thrombin time detect?
Fibrinogen and WBCs...

3. Mix equal parts of EDTA whole blood and NMB -Incubate 10-20 min -Make Blood Film -View on 100x -Count 1000 RBC - tally retics
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
What does plt count evaluate?

4. A - B - AB - most cats are type A
What do you look for to identify a basophil
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What are the blood types of a cat?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?

5. PPSC differentiates into a rubriblast -Increase in hemoglobin synthesis -Early release of immature RBCs if needed
What are 3 effects of EPO?
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
What is the specific use for GreenTT?
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...

6. Prognosis and tx protocol
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
MCHC
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What avian WBC am I describing.....typically rod-shaped - eosinophilic granule which partially or completely obscure the nucleus

7. Fuzzy - hairy - appear to have tentacle or strings coming off of it which means they are reactive platelets
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
What is fibrinolysis?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
Fibrinogen measurment makes up what percent of the TP?

8. Diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia - dohle bodies - cytoplasmic vacuolization - toxic azurophilic granules
MCV
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils

9. In bone marrow; myeloblasts - promyelocytes - myelocytes
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
What are 3 effects of EPO?
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?

10. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
Where are immunoglobins made?
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....

11. Hemolysis and clot
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC

12. 2 gtts donor RBC suspension and 2 gtts recipient plasma
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

13. Lrg clusters of plasma cells in BM aspirate -lytic bone lesion -monoclonal gammopathy -bence jones proteinuria
All cells can get...
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

14. BTT
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?

15. Stomatocyte
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
What does a mature avian RBC look like
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

16. hereditary or acquired
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
Defects of hemostasis can be..
Avian basophils do not have a...

17. RTT - LTT - BTT - Dia.
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...

18. Platelets stick to each other
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What happens during aggregation
What are the routes of fluid replacement?

19. DIC - Warfarin toxication; within 6 hours; platelets and clotting factors
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
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?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?

20. Nodular: walled off - diffuse: deep in tissues
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
MCV
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?

21. It is the percent of a quantity of blood Which is made up of the red blood cells.
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What do you look for to identify a basophil
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?
What is the definition of PCV?

22. G/ld - rounded to the nearest 0.2
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What is TP measured in?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?

23. Primary hemostasis and plt number
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What does plt count evaluate?
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?

24. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
What are the 2 main proteins?
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?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs

25. Macrophages
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
Where does protein originate from?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?

26. Round to oval nucleus with smudged chromatin; high N:C
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?

27. Leukocytopenia or leukopenia
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
What is a WBC tumor?

28. Obs = # retics/1000 x 100 COR = (Pt PCV/ Average PCV) x observed % Abs = # retics/1000 x RBC ct
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
What does a RTT contain?
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?

29. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?

30. Cells that are dead; have clumps of what used to be nucleus
All cells can get...
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each

31. Liver
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
What does a RTT contain?
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?

32. Coverslips
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
At birth is TP high or low
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________

33. Hemosiderin - erythrophagocytosis; IMHA
Fibrinolysis is...
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
What are the blood types of a cat?

34. Primary granules; no
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?

35. Liver and lymphoid tissue
List the order of Platelet production
Where are immunoglobins made?
What is the definition of PCV?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?

36. Cow; dusty purple grey
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
What do the granules of a mast cell contain

37. w/o anemia
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
During gestation is TP high or low?

38. Hemophila A and VWD- maintenance
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What is fibrinolysis?
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?

39. Deficiency of vitamin K - Liver Dz/Failure - DIC
Name the 3 granulocytes
What organ produces EPO?
What does plt count evaluate?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects

40. 3-6%
Fibrinogen measurment makes up what percent of the TP?
What is the biggest error in hematology?
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
What are the 3 components of hemostasis

41. Primary hemostasis
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
What does BMBT evaluate
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?

42. don't cause clots
What is the function of immunglobins?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?

43. 1.000
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
What are the 3 components of blood?

44. Thrombin - fibrin
Defects of hemostasis can be..
Fibrinogen > __________
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What is fibrinolysis?

45. 35 days if kept at 1-6 degrees celsius in CPDA; oxygen carrying capacity - anemic normovolemic - anemic hypovolemic in conjunction with crystalloids
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology

46. 7-10 days
What avian WBC am I describing.....typically rod-shaped - eosinophilic granule which partially or completely obscure the nucleus
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?

47. Immatures - hypersegmented neutrophils - pyknosis; toxic neutrophils
Fibrinolysis is...
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

48. (Hb x 100)/ PCV
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
vacuoles
MCHC
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....

49. Normocytic
Define relative
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are dohle bodies?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?

50. Peripheral Blood - Bone Marrow
Fibrinolysis is...
What color is a 25ga needle?
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?