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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Enzymes and non enzymes factors - -calcium - tissue factors - vitamins
The RBC morphology includes...
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??

2. Cat
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
Platelet morphology includes...

3. Distilled water on refractometer or an uncalbrated refractometer
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

4. normally very balanced activators vs inhibitors
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
Fibrinolysis is...
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?

5. Dark - dense segmented nucleus
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
Platelet morphology includes...
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?

6. VIII and vWB
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?

7. B/c eos produce anti histamine to counteract the histamine i the mast cell granules
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?

8. Cutaneous ulnar vein (raptors/fowl)- <25ga - medial metatarsal vein- <25ga - jugular- <25ga
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

9. Heparin - histamine - and eosinophilic chemotactic factor
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
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?
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?

10. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
What is an example of decreased production?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
What does PTT and PT evaluate?

11. Anaplasma marginale
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

12. 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
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.

13. .98mls to .02mls
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What is the ratio of PSS to Packed RBCs in the RBC suspension?

14. Grey
What color is a 16ga needle?
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)

15. SQ
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?

16. Vacuoles in cytoplasm with foaminess- can see pits on 100x
What is this the test of choice for?
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
What is the definition of PCV?
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?

17. Schistocytes
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?

18. (PCV x 10)/RBC
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
MCV

19. Water - its function is thermoregulation - lubrication - transporter and chemical reactions
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?

20. Hemoproteus spp
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?

21. Liver function - immune status - hydrations - kidney function - and GI function
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is contained in the buffy coat?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils

22. Room temperature
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
Define relative
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?

23. Target cell
What is TP measured in?
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils

24. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
Defects of hemostasis can be..

25. WBC- defense - RBC- O2 transport - Plts- platelet plug
What is the tx for RBC tumor
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?

26. Heinz body
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What color is a 20ga needle?

27. Anterior vena cava- 16ga 3-3.5 inches - ear vein- 21ga butterfly
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?

28. Blood glucose
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?

29. Acetaminophin - maple leaves - onions - and zinc
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
What is an example of increased destruction?
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
When evaluating the size of RBCs we not only look at How many RBCs have a size difference but also the...

30. Ghost cell
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH

31. 60-70 -30-36
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

32. Appears adequate = between 8-30 per field appears decreased = fewer than 8 per field
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?

33. 5 -000 -000-10 -000 -000/microliter; 5 -000 -000-11 -000 -000/microliter
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?

34. 37-55% - 30-45%
Defects of hemostasis can be..
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?

35. Eccentrocyte
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
What is another name for a blister cell?
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?

36. Mononuclear Phagocytic System -Intravascular Hemolysis
What do monocytes do?
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
Define polycythemia
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?

37. Acid citrate dextrose (21 days) - citrate phosphate dextrose (21 days) - citrate phosphate dextrose with adenine (35 days)
vacuoles
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?

38. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
What is contained in the buffy coat?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What are the 3 components of hemostasis

39. Blue
What color is a 22ga needle?
Adhesion requires what factor?
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?

40. Red ring - blue ring - and black ring tubes
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.
what WBC do mast cells resemble

41. Not mixing upon intro - slow draw - dinking around - traumatic venipuncture
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
All cells can get...

42. Hypoxia w/o anemia and glucocorticoids
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?

43. Lymphosarcoma
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
What is the specific use for GreenTT?

44. Thrombocytosis
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
What is this the test of choice for?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?

45. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?

46. Sick stressed cats due to lack of enzymes
Where does protein originate from?
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?

47. VWB
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
Where are immunoglobins made?
The WBC morphology includes...

48. Extrinsic - Intrinsic - common
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

49. Abnormal protein measurement in blood
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
What is dysproteinemia?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.

50. Nuclear and cytoplasmic
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?