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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Primary granules; no
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
Define absolute
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?

2. 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 are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
What is TP measured in?
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally

3. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
What does ACT evaluate?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?

4. Genetic material in the nucleus
What is this the test of choice for?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
chromatin

5. Blue
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
What color is a 22ga needle?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?

6. The preceding factor
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What is the method for BMBT?
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?

7. Red ring - blue ring - and black ring tubes
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
Name the 3 granulocytes
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?

8. 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 happens during aggregation
Define absolute
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?

9. Shaking - too small a needle with too much neg. back pressure - intravascular hemolysis
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?

10. Yes b/c they spill into the bloodstream
What is serum?
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?

11. Swine - 3-3.5 inches long
What does the test thrombin time detect?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
Platelet morphology includes...

12. PCV - RBC - Hb - Retic Ct - Morphology - Indices MCV - MCHC - MCH
What is plasma?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

13. Slow- 0.11 ml/#/minute for the first 15 minutes
What is a neutrophil commonly referred to as?
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
Define thromboembolic disorder

14. Ehrilichia - babesia - RMSF - borrelia - brucella - dirofilaria
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?

15. Immature - cleft or bleb; reactive - granular cytoplasm - plasma cell - mott cell
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
What are some causes of BM failure
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?

16. They increase
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What is the biggest error in hematology?

17. Hypoxia w/o anemia and glucocorticoids
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?

18. Anatomical distribution - histologic pattern - and cytologic pattern
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?

19. Macrocytosis
Platelet morphology includes...
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each

20. Dif Quick - DipStat - Wright's stain
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?

21. CBC
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
Name the 2 agranulocytes
What is the specific use for LTT?

22. Concentration of proteins reflects a balance b/w filtration into tissues then a return of proteing in the lymphatic system
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
What is the function of immunglobins?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)

23. Heterophil
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What do you look for to identify a basophil
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion

24. Fibrin
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
Define polycythemia
Thrombocytes tend to...
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?

25. Band
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

26. B/c eos produce anti histamine to counteract the histamine i the mast cell granules
Define absolute
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?

27. 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
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?

28. A - B - AB - most cats are type A
What are the blood types of a cat?
What is the plt dervided growth factor?
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What avian WBC am I describing.....typically rod-shaped - eosinophilic granule which partially or completely obscure the nucleus

29. 200 -000-500 -000/microliter; 200 -000-500 -000/microliter
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
What are the 2 main proteins?
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?

30. Calculated a corrected WBC ct.
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
What are the 3 functions of platelets
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?

31. no body
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
Define relative

32. Liver is #1 lymphoid tissue is #2
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
What does BMBT evaluate
Where does protein originate from?

33. Lymphocyte - monocyte
Where are immunoglobins made?
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
Name the 2 agranulocytes
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?

34. Vasculitis - collagen deficiency - extensive vascular injury
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
What is the plt dervided growth factor?

35. Antigen or foreign protein
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
The WBC morphology includes...
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?

36. Hemosiderin - erythrophagocytosis; IMHA
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?

37. Actually fibrinogen increases before WBCs increase
What is fibrinolysis?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

38. Microcytic
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
What is the stimulus for platelets
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

39. Contact activation
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
For the intrinsic pathway factors XII - XI - IX - VIII are activated by contact with collagen - endotoxin platelet products and other negatively charged substances. This process can be called ___ ___
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

40. Whatever the bird weighs - 1% of that body weight is what you can safely draw (Ex- 3 ml from a 300g bird)
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
The WBC morphology includes...
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird

41. Increase
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
A vascular spasm is immediate...

42. Neutrophil; 6 hours; 2-2.5x
What is an example of decreased production?
List at least 5 differences between avian and mammalian hematology
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each

43. Hemolysis and clot
What is serum?
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?

44. CBC in birds and reptiles
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?

45. 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?
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________

46. Jar 1- wright's stain - set slide in jar for 1 min - jar 2 - buffer with 1 pipette of wright's stain- set slide in jar for 1 min - jar 3 - distille water - dip slide into jar 7-10 one sec dips

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47. Sepsis - disease transmission - allergic reactions to foreign proteins - circulatory overload - hypothermia
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
Define relative

48. Cat
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?

49. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
What does ACT evaluate?

50. Azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
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.