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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Cat
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood

2. Hemosiderin - erythrophagocytosis; IMHA
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What are the 2 cytoplasmic changes in the monocyte? They individually or together are pathognomonic signs of what?
What is plasma?

3. Stimulates and amplifies the coagulation cascade (or secondary hemostasis)
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
During secretion What does PF3 do?
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

4. Beter distribution/transport of oxygen - do not have to cross match
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
What are some causes of BM failure

5. New Anemia -Decrease production anemia
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
What pool is located in the peripheral blood? What is it comprised of? How long do they circulate?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...

6. Degree of the difference
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
When evaluating the size of RBCs we not only look at How many RBCs have a size difference but also the...
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?

7. Megakaryocyte
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
What are the blood types of a cat?
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________

8. 5-7
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?
granule
What is the plt dervided growth factor?

9. Primary absolute polycythemia and secondary absolute polycythemia
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?

10. That the blood is compatible with recipient
What are the 3 functions of platelets
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
Microsytosis is often seen in...

11. Thrombocytes
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

12. Salivation - v/d - dyspnea - death
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?

13. Whatever the bird weighs - 1% of that body weight is what you can safely draw (Ex- 3 ml from a 300g bird)
Platelet morphology includes...
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...

14. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What does ACT evaluate?

15. It does not contain an anticoagulant ;) so the blood will clot.
Fibrinolysis is...
What does a RTT contain?
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?

16. Normocytic
The WBC morphology includes...
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?

17. Russel bodies in cytoplasm - constipated plasma cell - honeycomb appearing; only seen in birds and reptiles
What is the ratio of PSS to Packed RBCs in the RBC suspension?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?

18. Right shift; greater than 5 lobes
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.

19. Immatures - hypersegmented neutrophils - pyknosis; toxic neutrophils
What does a RTT contain?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
What are some examples of immunologic?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?

20. 2 years at room temperature
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?

21. To observe for transfusion reactions
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?

22. The fluid portion of coagulated blood
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
What is serum?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?

23. Heparin and 3.8% Na Citrate
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
What is another name for a blister cell?

24. Liver and lymphoid tissue
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
Where are immunoglobins made?
What is the specific use for LTT?
What is the specific use for GreenTT?

25. Hypoxia
What is pyknosis? What do they look like?
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
What is the stimulus for RBC production?

26. Vit K
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?

27. Enzymes and non enzymes factors - -calcium - tissue factors - vitamins
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??

28. Cytauxzoon sp.
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.

29. Thrombocytosis
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?

30. Cow; dusty purple grey
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?

31. Neutrophil - eosinophil - basophil
What are some causes of BM failure
Name the 3 granulocytes
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
MCV

32. Jugular- 20ga - cephalic- 22ga - recurrent tarsal/lateral saphenous- 25ga direct draw from patient
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What is the function of albumin?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.

33. Dark - dense segmented nucleus
What are some causes of BM failure
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
During secretion What does PF3 do?

34. Postprandial (patient just ate) - hypothyroid - diabetes mellitus
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion

35. VWB
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What is the function of protein?
All cells can get...
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?

36. Jar 1- fixative- 5 one second dips jar 2 -eosinophilc - 5 one second dips jar 3 - basophilic - 7-10 one second dips
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
The RBC morphology includes...
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

37. 55-85%; 15-45%; 0-5%; rare
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?

38. PCV - TP - Plasma evaluation - directly from patient
What is the function of albumin?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What is the specific use for LTT?
What are the indications for BM sampling

39. Between endothelial cells; they sit until demand from tissue
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?

40. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
Define thromboembolic disorder
Platelet morphology includes...
Describe a plasma cell. What animals are they seen in?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?

41. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
What are the blood types of a cat?
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
Define thromboembolic disorder

42. segmented nucleus
Avian basophils do not have a...
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?

43. Acanthocytes
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.

44. PLTs - WBCs - NRBCs - and microfilaria
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What is contained in the buffy coat?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?

45. Blood gases
Define relative
What is the specific use for GreenTT?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
MCV

46. PCV - RBC - Hb - Retic Ct - Morphology - Indices MCV - MCHC - MCH
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?
What is the method for ACT?

47. Oval with raisin-like nucleus
What does a mature avian RBC look like
What does BMBT evaluate
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?

48. Common Common Pathway Substances: Prothrombin > _______
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
Prothrombinase starts the _______ pathway Which is when the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways converge

49. Iatrogenic
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?

50. Hemolysis and clot
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?