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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Neutrophil; 6 hours; 2-2.5x
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?

2. Dif Quick - DipStat - Wright's stain
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
Adhesion requires what factor?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?

3. Test for fibrinolysis specifically the amount of FDP
What does the FDP test detect?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?

4. Plastic bag - glass bottle - syringe
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?

5. Primary granules; no
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?

6. Black ring has a smaller diameter
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

7. Spherocyte
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What are the Vitamin K depended factors
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?

8. Thrombocytopenia
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...

9. PCV - TP - skin tugor - CRT
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What is the specific use for BTT?
Where are immunoglobins made?

10. Bleed them out
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
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?
What is the tx for RBC tumor

11. Russel bodies in cytoplasm - constipated plasma cell - honeycomb appearing; only seen in birds and reptiles
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
What are dohle bodies?
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.

12. 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

13. Compensatory mechanisms
What are the requirements for a cat to be a donor?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?

14. Albumin and immunglobins
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
What are the 2 main proteins?
What 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?

15. Hyperproteinemia - salt retention in CHF or iartrogenic
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
What is an example of decreased production?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia

16. Obs = # retics/1000 x 100 COR = (Pt PCV/ Average PCV) x observed % Abs = # retics/1000 x RBC ct
What does the FDP test detect?
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?

17. 55-85%; 15-45%; 0-5%; rare
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia

18. EDTA because you wont have stainging variation
What organ produces EPO?
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?
Name the 3 granulocytes
Which anticoagulant is best to use when using blood to make a smear?

19. Seg
What is a neutrophil commonly referred to as?
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
What are the 3 components of blood?
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?

20. Azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What does granular cytoplasm look like?

21. 1.1 - 1.2 - and 7
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?

22. Increase at the same time
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

23. No only one; report out toxic neutrophil for all presentations
What are the 3 functions of platelets
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
What color is a 18ga needle?

24. Hypoxia
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.
What is the stimulus for RBC production?

25. Detects decreases in fibrinogen and thrombin inhibition from FDPs
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What does the test thrombin time detect?

26. Hemorrhage
What is an example of loss of RBC
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

27. Cardiomyopathy in cats and HWD in dogs
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.
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?

28. In bone marrow; matures - +/- bands
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

29. Brown-gold inclusions due to iron deposits within the cytoplasm
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
What color is a 20ga needle?
What are the indications for BM sampling
What does hemosiderin look like?

30. Recycle old RBCs - engulf bacteria - clean up any major messes
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
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 do monocytes do?

31. A - B - AB - most cats are type A
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
What are the blood types of a cat?

32. Concentration of proteins reflects a balance b/w filtration into tissues then a return of proteing in the lymphatic system
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What is the function of immunglobins?

33. Contact activation
What does a RTT contain?
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
Define absolute
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. Cat
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.

35. 7-10 days
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?

36. VWB factor
Adhesion requires what factor?
are mast cell tumors easy to diagnose in house? if so why?
Define thromboembolic disorder
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?

37. Dog-88ml/kg - cat- 66ml/kg
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
What is the function of protein?

38. Beter distribution/transport of oxygen - do not have to cross match
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
What are 3 causes of hypervolemia
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What is this the test of choice for?

39. Rouleaux or agglutination
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
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?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?

40. Hereditary
At birth is TP high or low
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.

41. Jugular- 18ga - tail vein- 20 or 18ga
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each

42. Stomatocyte
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
MCV
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?

43. Neutrophil - eosinophil - basophil
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
Name the 3 granulocytes
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?

44. Breakdown of a clot
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What is fibrinolysis?

45. But temporary
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
A vascular spasm is immediate...
What color is a 18ga needle?
When evaluating the size of RBCs we not only look at How many RBCs have a size difference but also the...

46. Von Willebrand's Disease
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be icteric?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?

47. Budding and Cytoplasmic Demarkation
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?
What color is a 18ga needle?
Where are immunoglobins made?

48. Leukocytozoon spp
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
What avian parasite am i describing... in RBC and WBC - round to elongated with gross host cell distortion and flattening of host nucleus along on side of cell
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
What is the method for ACT?

49. Hemotomas - bleeding into muscle joints/body cavities and delayed bleeding after venipunture
What does BMBT evaluate
What is this the test of choice for?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....

50. Poikilocytosis
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
What color is a 25ga needle?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.