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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Body - monolayer - and feathered edge
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?

2. VIII and vWB
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens

3. Hemoproteus spp
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.
What is the normal range of a TP 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
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

4. BM aspirate or BM core biopsy
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
Where are immunoglobins made?
What are the types of BM sample?
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?

5. 7-10 days
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?

6. clump together
What is the biggest error in hematology?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
Thrombocytes tend to...
FDPs are normally cleared by what?

7. 72 hours; thrombocytopenia; no; because the platelets aggregate
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
Microsytosis is often seen in...

8. Yes
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........

9. Hemorrhage
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is an example of loss of RBC

10. Acute- DIC - ruptured spleen - chronic- GI ulcers
What is the biggest error in hematology?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.

11. Large amounts to be effective - not long lasting - pricey
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors

12. fresh
As a general rule - ____ is slightly better
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?

13. For smaller animals with small volumes collected
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
What is another name for a blister cell?
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?

14. 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
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?

15. Sick stressed cats due to lack of enzymes
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?
Define relative
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?

16. High - because they lose the ability to retain water
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?

17. Platelets develop filopodia with receptors and vWB - which causes them to stick to subendothelial collagen. As soon as they stick - they start releasing their granular contents
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
Where does protein originate from?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion

18. Leukocytosis with increased bands; leukopenia or degenerative left shift
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?

19. VWB
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
List at least 5 differences between avian and mammalian hematology
What is this the test of choice for?

20. Free or Unbound TPO
The RBC morphology includes...
What is the stimulus for platelets
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?

21. (Hb x 10)/RBC
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
Where are immunoglobins made?
MCH
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?

22. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis

23. Membrane bound package of chemicals
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
granule
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....

24. 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
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
What are the types of BM sample?

25. Morbillivirus sp
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.
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals

26. Nutrients - minerals - hormones - and proteins all maintain homeostasis. electrolytes do action potentials. and enzymes function is catalyst.
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?

27. Nuclear and cytoplasmic
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus

28. Contact activation
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
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 ___ ___
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

29. Anterior vena cava- 16ga 3-3.5 inches - ear vein- 21ga butterfly
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?

30. Prothrombin time
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?

31. Oxyglobin
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?

32. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
chromatin
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What is the function of albumin?

33. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
what WBC do mast cells resemble
What do you look for to identify a basophil
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
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 ___ ___

34. Blue
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
What color is a 22ga needle?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?

35. IMHA - clostridium hemolyticum
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What is an example of increased destruction?
During secretion What does PF3 do?

36. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
What is plasma?
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.

37. Blood glucose
What is the specific use for GreenTT?
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?

38. VWB factor
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
Adhesion requires what factor?
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?

39. Vascular part - platelet plug
MCV
What are the Vitamin K depended factors
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
What are the indications for BM sampling

40. Eccentrocyte
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
What is another name for a blister cell?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?

41. 5.0-7.0 g/dl - 5.0-8.0 g/dl
What solution do you add to RBCs to resuspend them when doing a crossmatch? What is the fluid portion called after you spin it again? Why is this step important?
MCV
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?

42. Neutrophil; 6 hours; 2-2.5x
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?

43. Water - its function is thermoregulation - lubrication - transporter and chemical reactions
What is a WBC tumor?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?

44. 1 year; bleeding disorders (hemophila) - gives passive immunity (Parvo)
Name the 2 agranulocytes
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?

45. don't cause clots
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?

46. Must be >50lbs -PCV >40% - current on vx - mellow temperment
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
What is fibrinolysis?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...

47. Lymphocyte - monocyte
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
Name the 2 agranulocytes
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?

48. Round to oval nucleus with smudged chromatin; high N:C
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
What is the method for ACT?
What is TP measured in?
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size

49. The fluid portion of coagulated blood
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What is serum?
What is the biggest error in hematology?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?

50. Anemia
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
How long is platelet rich plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient? Do you refrigerate it? Why?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?