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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Heparin and 3.8% Na Citrate
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?

2. Non regenerative - unexplained leukopenia - unexplained thrombocytopenia - presence of abnormal immature cells in peripheral blood
What are some causes of BM failure
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?

3. Fuzzy - hairy - appear to have tentacle or strings coming off of it which means they are reactive platelets
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?

4. VWB factor
Adhesion requires what factor?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________

5. 60-90 sec for dogs - <65 sec for cats
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood

6. PCV - RBC - Hb - Retic Ct - Morphology - Indices MCV - MCHC - MCH
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...

7. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.

8. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What is contained in the buffy coat?

9. Schistocytes
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?

10. 1.1 - 1.2 - and 7
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
Define thromboembolic disorder

11. Microcytic
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
At birth is TP high or low

12. Immature - cleft or bleb; reactive - granular cytoplasm - plasma cell - mott cell
What is the biggest error in hematology?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?

13. Iron deficiencies and Japanese Akitas
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
Microsytosis is often seen in...
List at least 5 differences between avian and mammalian hematology

14. To avoid introduction of tissue thromboplastin in your sample and clotting
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
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?

15. Structural matrix - ground work for a cell - acts as transporters and carriers
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
What is the function of protein?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?

16. Ad: non-breakable - no vacuum - no activation of coagulation factors - component separation is easier; dis: migration of plastic into blood - slower collection
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?

17. 1.000
What are the 3 components of blood?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?

18. 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 causes of thromboembolic disorder?
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?

19. Non- Regenerative -Regenerative
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
MCH

20. Liver function - immune status - hydrations - kidney function - and GI function
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

21. Metamyelocyte
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What is the stimulus for platelets
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?

22. Blood chemistries
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?

23. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?

24. Ponctate Polka Dot Ribosomes More mature retic -Aggregate Clumped Ribosomes Younger retic
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
What are the 3 components of blood?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?

25. PPSC - Rubriblast - Prorubricyte - Rubricyte - Metarubricyte - Polychromatophilic - Mature RBC
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
what WBC do mast cells resemble

26. A - B - AB - most cats are type A
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What are the blood types of a cat?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?

27. Biliary stasis - carotenes - ev hemolysis
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?

28. Trypanosoma sp
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?

29. Vascular part - platelet plug
Fibrinogen > __________
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 are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?

30. Cat
What are dohle bodies?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
What does the test thrombin time detect?

31. 2 years at room temperature
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

32. In bone marrow; metamyelocytes and bands
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?

33. RTT with gel like substance used to separate cells form serum
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
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
The RBC morphology includes...
What is a serum separator tube?

34. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
What are the 3 components of blood?
Define thromboembolic disorder
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?

35. Heterophil
All cells can get...
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds

36. Acanthocytes
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What are the blood types of a cat?

37. Cytauxzoon sp.
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
What is an example of increased destruction?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
Name the 3 granulocytes

38. Myelocyte; yes
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

39. Sodium citrate Which binds with calcium to prevent coagulation
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT

40. Size - shape - and number
Platelet morphology includes...
What is the definition of PCV?
What does plt count evaluate?
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.

41. Affects the GI tract
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
At birth is TP high or low

42. Jugular- 20ga - cephalic- 22ga - recurrent tarsal/lateral saphenous- 25ga direct draw from patient
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What do you look for to identify a basophil

43. Grey
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
What is the definition of PCV?
What color is a 16ga needle?
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?

44. Vacuoles
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.
All cells can get...
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT

45. Lymphocyte; resting memory cell; in lymph nodes
What is the only cell that the production does not start with a PPSC? What cell does it start with? Where is this cell located in the body?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____

46. Basophilic stippling
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?

47. Shaking - too small needle with too much negative back pressure - rocker tray too long - water in syringe - freezing and thawing - squirting into tube - spinning too fast or too long
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
What does ACT evaluate?
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

48. Abnormal protein measurement in blood
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
What color is a 16ga needle?
Defects of hemostasis can be..
What is dysproteinemia?

49. present in the blood
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT

50. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
granule
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?