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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Mycoplasma haemoncanis
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
When evaluating the size of RBCs we not only look at How many RBCs have a size difference but also the...

2. > 10lb - PCV > 30-35% - current on vx - only indoor cat
What is dysproteinemia?
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology

3. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What is the method for ACT?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...

4. Abnormal protein measurement in blood
What is the definition of PCV?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What is dysproteinemia?

5. Primary and secondary hemostasis specifically VWF and factor VIII
What is contained in the buffy coat?
What does VWF test evaluate?
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects

6. Stage 1: one organ stage 2: stage 1 + regional lymph nodes stage 3: stage 2 + all lymph nodes stage 4: stage 3 + liver and spleen stage 5: stage 4 + BM and blood
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
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 are the stages of lymphoid tumors?

7. Liver is #1 lymphoid tissue is #2
Where does protein originate from?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?

8. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?

9. Causes an increase in RBCs. NO EPO involved.
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What is the side effect of glucocorticoids? Is EPO involved?

10. Increase at the same time
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What are the blood types of a cat?
Fibrinogen and WBCs...

11. Aggregate
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?

12. 15-45%; 55-85%; 0-5%; rare
what WBC do mast cells resemble
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

13. Jugular- 20ga
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
What does BMBT evaluate
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils

14. 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
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?

15. Biliary stasis - carotenes - ev hemolysis
What color is a 20ga needle?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?

16. Plastic bag - glass bottle - syringe
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
What do monocytes do?
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?

17. PO
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH

18. Eccentrocyte
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What does erythrophagocytosis look like?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
What is another name for a blister cell?

19. Liver Failure - DIC
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
What is the specific use for BTT?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?

20. Slow- 0.11 ml/#/minute for the first 15 minutes
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?

21. Shaking - too small a needle with too much neg. back pressure - intravascular hemolysis
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
All cells can get...
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs

22. Stimulated by sympathetic nerves - causes constriction of smooth muscle.
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________

23. Thrombocytes
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
What is the method for BMBT?

24. Platelets stick to each other
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What happens during aggregation
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?

25. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?

26. Hypochromic
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
What are the 3 components of hemostasis

27. Affects the GI tract
What do monocytes do?
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals

28. Red
What color is a 25ga needle?
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood

29. 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
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?

30. Detects decreases in fibrinogen and thrombin inhibition from FDPs
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
What does the test thrombin time detect?

31. Size - shape - and number
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
Platelet morphology includes...
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?

32. EDTA blood causes mycoplasma to fall off of RBCs making it harder to see.
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?

33. No only one; report out toxic neutrophil for all presentations
What is the method for BMBT?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
vacuoles

34. Prothrombinase
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
What are the indications for BM sampling
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______

35. VWB
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What does hemosiderin look like?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?

36. Leukocytopenia or leukopenia
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT

37. Azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
What does granular cytoplasm look like?

38. High calorie - high glucose treat (Ad or regular diet with Karo syrup poured on top)
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?

39. 3 times
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
Fibrinolysis is...
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.

40. Not cleaning refractometer - drying of sample - inclusion of buffy coat
What are the 3 components of blood?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What does BMBT evaluate

41. Beter distribution/transport of oxygen - do not have to cross match
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?

42. Reticulocyte count
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?

43. Hereditary
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
What color is a 18ga needle?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

44. Blue granules
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What do you look for to identify a basophil
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?

45. Macrocytic
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What does erythrophagocytosis look like?
What color is a 18ga needle?

46. Fill a DET tube - gently mix - set timer - keep in warm spot - check tube every 10 sec until clot forms stop timer
What is the method for ACT?
A vascular spasm is immediate...
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?

47. Band
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
What are some examples of immunologic?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?

48. Promoters - inhibitors
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?

49. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________
Where are immunoglobins made?
What does ACT evaluate?

50. 2 syringe technique and multiple vacutainer tube technique
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
What 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?