Test your basic knowledge |

Veterinary Hematology Technology

Subjects : health-sciences, veterinary

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. They increase
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
What is in each jar in the Wright's stain and What is the procedure of each jar?

2. Citrate intoxication- cardiac standstill - tremors - arrhythmias
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?

3. Lymphocyte; they clone themselves before they die
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What can happen if you use Na Citrate in high volumes when storing donor blood?
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________

4. Low - it takes 6-12 months to build up
What are dohle bodies?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
What is the plt dervided growth factor?
At birth is TP high or low

5. Hemonate for microdrips and admin set with filter for macrodrips
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
You must filter blood products by one of What two ways?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
During secretion What does PF3 do?

6. WBC distribution - platelet clumping - abnormal cells - and microfilaria
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
Fibrinolysis is...

7. (Hb x 100)/ PCV
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
What are some examples of immunologic?
MCHC
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?

8. 2 gtts donor RBC suspension and 2 gtts donor plasma
Where are immunoglobins made?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

9. Less reactions - more cost effective - better use of donors
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
What does the test thrombin time detect?

10. Heparin which prevents conversion of prothrombin to thrombin
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
During secretion What does PF3 do?
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________

11. Von Willebrand's Disease
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.

12. Jugular- 20ga
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
What are MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the dog?

13. WBC- defense - RBC- O2 transport - Plts- platelet plug
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
Defects of hemostasis can be..
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
List at least 5 differences between avian and mammalian hematology

14. 2 gtts donor RBC suspension and 2 gtts recipient plasma
List the order of Platelet production
What is another name for a blister cell?
The RBC morphology includes...
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

15. Blue granules
What do you look for to identify a basophil
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
A vascular spasm is immediate...

16. Drugs - DIC - Uremia
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 ___ ___
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______

17. PO
MCHC
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?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood

18. 6 -000-17 -000/microliter; 5 -500-19 -500/microliter
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.

19. Mononuclear Phagocytic System -Intravascular Hemolysis
Fibrinogen > __________
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?

20. Horse
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?

21. Seg
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
What does a mature avian RBC look like
What is a neutrophil commonly referred to as?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?

22. It is separated after 6 hours and fresh frozen is before 6 hours
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?

23. clump together
Thrombocytes tend to...
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What is serum?

24. 5 minutes at 6000 rpm
During secretion What does PF3 do?
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?

25. In the fridge - in the freezer
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is an example of decreased production?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
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?

26. Hemolysis and clot
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
During secretion What does PF3 do?
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?

27. BM aspirate or BM core biopsy
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What does the test thrombin time detect?
What organ produces EPO?
What are the types of BM sample?

28. Azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?

29. 3 times
Define artifact
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
What is the stimulus for platelets

30. Grey
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What color is a 16ga needle?

31. IV catheter; IO or IP
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?

32. ITP -DIC -Marrow problem (or kidney failure)
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
chromatin

33. Dif Quick - DipStat - Wright's stain
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
which animal would you use a 16ga needle in? How long is the needle?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
What are two stains used in staining blood films?

34. Lymphocyte - monocyte
MCHC
Name the 2 agranulocytes
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
granule

35. Polychormatophilics
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?

36. normally very balanced activators vs inhibitors
MCV
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
Fibrinolysis is...
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?

37. In bone marrow; matures - +/- bands
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

38. Ehrlichia sp.
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?

39. Hereditary
What is the normal range for neutrophils and lymphocytes in a horse? monos and eos? basos?
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field

40. Pink granules
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
Where should you place your BTT sample if it is going to be looked at in <6 hours? in >6 hours?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?

41. Salivation - v/d - dyspnea - death
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 are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
What color is a 25ga needle?

42. Detects decreases in fibrinogen and thrombin inhibition from FDPs
What does the test thrombin time detect?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?

43. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
What are the 2 main proteins?

44. New Anemia -Decrease production anemia
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
A platelet is a cytoplasmic fragment of a __________

45. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are some examples of immunologic?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
Adhesion requires what factor?

46. Thrombocytes
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?

47. Immatures - hypersegmented neutrophils - pyknosis; toxic neutrophils
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
What color is a 25ga needle?
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?

48. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
What does PTT and PT evaluate?
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?

49. Thrombin - fibrin
What do you look for to identify a basophil
Fibrinogen > __________
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?

50. Nodular: walled off - diffuse: deep in tissues
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?
What are some examples of acellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What are the 2 types of histological patterns?
The RBC morphology includes...