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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Body - monolayer - and feathered edge
What are the classifications of lymphoid tumors?
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?

2. Immatures - hypersegmented neutrophils - pyknosis; toxic neutrophils
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
List the order of Platelet production

3. Petechia - ecchymosis - bleeding from mm - bleeding out after venipuncture
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What do monocytes do?
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....

4. Normocytic
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...

5. Dog
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?

6. 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
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
What color is a 18ga needle?

7. IMHA - clostridium hemolyticum
vacuoles
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
What is an example of increased destruction?

8. CBC in birds and reptiles
Name the 3 granulocytes
What does hemosiderin look like?
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?

9. That the blood is compatible with recipient
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)

10. Immature - cleft or bleb; reactive - granular cytoplasm - plasma cell - mott cell
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?

11. 50:50%; 0-5%; rare
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?

12. Not making blood film ASAP - glucocorticoids - inherited
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.

13. Diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia - dohle bodies - cytoplasmic vacuolization - toxic azurophilic granules
What is the specific use for LTT?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils

14. Hemonate for microdrips and admin set with filter for macrodrips
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?

15. They are only circulating in the blood for 2 hours (they leave bone marrow when mature - circulate for 2 hours - go to tissue and turn into macrophages)
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation

16. Macrocytic
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?

17. Actually fibrinogen increases before WBCs increase
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?

18. Acid citrate dextrose (21 days) - citrate phosphate dextrose (21 days) - citrate phosphate dextrose with adenine (35 days)
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
What 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?

19. Hereditary
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
List the order of Platelet production

20. Circulating pool; mature granulocytes; 6-8 hours
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
what WBC do mast cells resemble
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?

21. Cow; dusty purple grey
During gestation is TP high or low?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
What is an example of decreased production?

22. Keratocyte
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?

23. Protrusion will be very dark in color
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB

24. DIC - Warfarin toxication; within 6 hours; platelets and clotting factors
Defects of hemostasis can be..
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?
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?

25. Hypoxia
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?

26. Plastic bag - glass bottle - syringe
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...

27. Hemophila A and VWD- maintenance
What is contained in the buffy coat?
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?

28. 60-90 sec for dogs - <65 sec for cats
FDPs are normally cleared by what?
What is the definition of PCV?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
What are the normal ranges for ACT?

29. Empty package of negate stain
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
vacuoles
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
What does the test thrombin time detect?

30. Lymphocyte; resting memory cell; in lymph nodes
What are the types of BM sample?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
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?
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.

31. Thrombin - fibrin
What is the method for BMBT?
What color is a 20ga needle?
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?
Fibrinogen > __________

32. (PCV x 10)/RBC
MCV
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
What does BMBT evaluate
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

33. It is the percent of a quantity of blood Which is made up of the red blood cells.
What is the definition of PCV?
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?

34. Myelocyte; yes
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
Why are monocyte numbers low in WBC differentials?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?

35. PPSC - Megakaryoblast - Promegakaryocyte - Megakaryocyte
What are the indications for BM sampling
List the order of Platelet production
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

36. Agglutination or hemolysis
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?

37. 72 hours; thrombocytopenia; no; because the platelets aggregate
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
What are the blood types of a cat?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?

38. Anaplasma marginale
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What are the Vitamin K depended factors

39. Perform 2 or more of the test
List the order of Platelet production
Define relative
What are dohle bodies?
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?

40. Promoters - inhibitors
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?

41. Prognosis and tx protocol
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What does the test thrombin time detect?

42. Macro - mega - shift - or giant
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

43. IV catheter; IO or IP
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?
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?

44. Thrombocytopenia
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?

45. Dif Quick - DipStat - Wright's stain
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens

46. Rouleaux or agglutination
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

47. In bone marrow; metamyelocytes and bands
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What are the types of BM sample?
What is the specific use for GreenTT?

48. Macrocytosis
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?

49. Macrophages
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
What is an example of increased destruction?

50. PO - IV - SQ - IP - IO
What are 3 effects of EPO?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What is the function of immunglobins?