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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. SQ
What are 3 effects of EPO?
What is the stimulus for platelets
What are the indications for BM sampling
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

2. 100
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?

3. Nutrients - minerals - hormones - and proteins all maintain homeostasis. electrolytes do action potentials. and enzymes function is catalyst.
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

4. Cells that are dead; have clumps of what used to be nucleus
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
All cells can get...
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
What does a RTT contain?

5. Pink granules
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?

6. Adhesion - Aggregation - Secretion
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors

7. Coagulation studies
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
What is the specific use for BTT?
Define polycythemia
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?

8. Test for fibrinolysis specifically the amount of FDP
What does the FDP test detect?
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?
Define absolute

9. Cow; dusty purple grey
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?

10. Howell-Jolly Bodies
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
What happens during aggregation
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?

11. Fill a DET tube - gently mix - set timer - keep in warm spot - check tube every 10 sec until clot forms stop timer
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What color is a 22ga needle?
What is the method for ACT?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?

12. PPSC differentiates into a rubriblast -Increase in hemoglobin synthesis -Early release of immature RBCs if needed
What are 3 effects of EPO?
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?

13. EDTA because you wont have stainging variation
What are the indications for BM sampling
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?

14. Must be >50lbs -PCV >40% - current on vx - mellow temperment
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
What is the method for BMBT?
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
What is the specific use for LTT?

15. Budding and Cytoplasmic Demarkation
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What is fibrinolysis?

16. Inconsistent - small - and irregular
What are the blood types of a cat?
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?

17. 72 hours; thrombocytopenia; no; because the platelets aggregate
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?

18. Azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm
What are the 3 components of blood?
What does hemosiderin look like?
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?

19. Schistocytes
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
What do monocytes do?

20. Black ring has a smaller diameter
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?

21. Von Willebrand's Disease
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.

22. Trypanosoma sp
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What are the 3 components of blood?
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.

23. PCV - RBC - Hb - Retic Ct - Morphology - Indices MCV - MCHC - MCH
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs

24. 2 gtts donor plasma and 2 gtts recipient RBC suspension
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
The RBC morphology includes...
Platelet morphology includes...

25. Leukocytozoon spp
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
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
What is the ratio of PSS to Packed RBCs in the RBC suspension?

26. VWB
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?

27. High calorie - high glucose treat (Ad or regular diet with Karo syrup poured on top)
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each

28. Cow
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?

29. Adequate size and WBC distribution
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?

30. Ameboid nucleus with lacy chromatin; +/- vacuoles; low N:C
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?

31. Eccentric nucleus with low N:C ratio - very clear perinuclear halo; only seen in birds and reptiles
Thrombocytes tend to...
What color is a 18ga needle?
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?

32. Leukocytopenia or leukopenia
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?

33. BM aspirate or BM core biopsy
What does hemosiderin look like?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What are the types of BM sample?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...

34. Yes
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
List at least 5 differences between avian and mammalian hematology

35. 2 gtts donor RBC suspension and 2 gtts donor plasma
What are the Vitamin K depended factors
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is plasma?
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?

36. Fuzzy - hairy - appear to have tentacle or strings coming off of it which means they are reactive platelets
The WBC morphology includes...
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?

37. Pink
What is the method for ACT?
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What color is a 20ga needle?
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...

38. Heparin which prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube

39. Common Common Pathway Substances: Prothrombin > _______
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.
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?

40. Stimulates and amplifies the coagulation cascade (or secondary hemostasis)
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
Thrombocytes tend to...
During secretion What does PF3 do?

41. Plt estimate - plt count - BMBT - ACT
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?

42. Citrate intoxication- cardiac standstill - tremors - arrhythmias
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?

43. Stomatocyte
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?

44. Prognosis and tx protocol
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?

45. Round to oval nucleus with smudged chromatin; high N:C
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?

46. Basophils
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?
what WBC do mast cells resemble
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

47. Blue-grey inclusion in the cytoplasm that is irregular in shape
What are the blood types of a cat?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What is the function of immunglobins?
What are dohle bodies?

48. Membrane bound package of chemicals
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
granule
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?

49. But temporary
A vascular spasm is immediate...
What color is a 18ga needle?
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?

50. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
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
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?