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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Deficiency of vitamin K - Liver Dz/Failure - DIC
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
Avian basophils do not have a...
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________

2. Jugular vein- 22ga - cephalic vein- 25ga - femoral vein- 25ga
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each

3. Cellular - acellular - and fluid
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
What are the 3 components of blood?

4. WBC identification rule of thumb
Avian basophils do not have a...
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.

5. Spherocyte
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
Platelet morphology includes...
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.

6. Calculated a corrected WBC ct.
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

7. Macrophages
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin

8. Cat
Define thromboembolic disorder
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB

9. Round to oval nucleus with smudged chromatin; high N:C
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?

10. Heterophil
What organ produces EPO?
Where are immunoglobins made?
What avian WBC am I describing.....typically rod-shaped - eosinophilic granule which partially or completely obscure the nucleus
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?

11. Howell-Jolly Bodies
What color is a 22ga needle?
What are 3 effects of EPO?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?

12. NRBC
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
What color is a 22ga needle?
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

13. Ehrlichia sp.
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

14. That the blood is compatible with recipient
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?

15. Mean Corpuscular Hb Concentration - gives us the amount of Hb
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
What does BMBT evaluate
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
During secretion What does PF3 do?

16. Nuclear and cytoplasmic
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What does hemosiderin look like?

17. Proximal humerus - proximal femur - crest and wing of ilium - sternum and dorsal ends of ribs
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?

18. 7-10 days
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?

19. Immatures - hypersegmented neutrophils - pyknosis; toxic neutrophils
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?

20. PCV - TP - skin tugor - CRT
Name the 3 granulocytes
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?

21. Poikilocytosis
What does the FDP test detect?
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)

22. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
Fibrinolysis is...
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?

23. Platelets stick to each other
At birth is TP high or low
MCV
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What happens during aggregation

24. Dog-88ml/kg - cat- 66ml/kg
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
What does erythrophagocytosis look like?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

25. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?
What is contained in the buffy coat?

26. Increase at the same time
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
What is the specific use for LTT?

27. Blue-grey inclusion in the cytoplasm that is irregular in shape
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
What are dohle bodies?
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia

28. Must be >50lbs -PCV >40% - current on vx - mellow temperment
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
What are 3 effects of EPO?

29. Bleed them out
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
What is the tx for RBC tumor
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
What is the specific use for GreyTT?

30. Thrombin - fibrin
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
Fibrinogen > __________
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird

31. 100
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?

32. 15-45%; 55-85%; 0-5%; rare
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
what WBC do mast cells resemble
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics

33. EDTA Which binds with calcium preventing coagulation
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?

34. 6 -000-17 -000/microliter; 5 -500-19 -500/microliter
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis

35. RTT with gel like substance used to separate cells form serum
What is a serum separator tube?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

36. Not making blood film ASAP - glucocorticoids - inherited
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
What do monocytes do?
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils

37. Hypoxia w/o anemia and glucocorticoids
Where are immunoglobins made?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?

38. High - because hormones trigger a hyper immune state.
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
During gestation is TP high or low?

39. PPSC - Megakaryoblast - Promegakaryocyte - Megakaryocyte
List the order of Platelet production
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
What color is a 18ga needle?

40. 35 days if kept at 1-6 degrees celsius in CPDA; oxygen carrying capacity - anemic normovolemic - anemic hypovolemic in conjunction with crystalloids
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?

41. Dark purple-magenta granular inclusions in the cytoplasm; endotoxins - toxicemia
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?

42. IV
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
Define thromboembolic disorder
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects

43. IMHA - clostridium hemolyticum
What is an example of increased destruction?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?

44. WBC distribution - platelet clumping - abnormal cells - and microfilaria
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
Defects of hemostasis can be..
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size

45. Heterophil
What does a mature avian RBC look like
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?

46. Hypoxia
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
chromatin
What is an example of loss of RBC
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

47. Left shift - regenerative left shift - or inflammatory leukogram
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
What does BMBT evaluate
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?

48. PO - IV - SQ - IP - IO
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?

49. 50:50%; 0-5%; rare
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?

50. Sick stressed cats due to lack of enzymes
What is TP measured in?
Platelet morphology includes...
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.