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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Deficiency of vitamin K - Liver Dz/Failure - DIC






2. BLV - bovine leukemia virus






3. Normocytic






4. Mean Corpuscular Volume - gives us the size of RBCs






5. Blue granules






6. No - but it is not ideal






7. Red (hemolytic) - yellow (icteric) - and white (lipemic)






8. Macrophages






9. Mycoplasma haemoncanis






10. 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






11. Protrusion will be very dark in color






12. Polycythemia vera and erthodysplasia






13. 60-90 sec for dogs - <65 sec for cats






14. don't cause clots






15. Free or Unbound TPO






16. 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






17. Anterior vena cava- 16ga 3-3.5 inches - ear vein- 21ga butterfly






18. Blood glucose






19. TPR - MM - CRT - PCV - TP






20. Monocyte with a RBC inside it due to the monocyte engulfing it






21. 15-45%; 55-85%; 0-5%; rare






22. 37-55% - 30-45%






23. Factor VIII and von Willibrand (vWB) factor by endothelial cells






24. Actually fibrinogen increases before WBCs increase






25. Uncontrolled growth arising from blood or blood forming organs






26. 5 -000 -000-10 -000 -000/microliter; 5 -000 -000-11 -000 -000/microliter






27. PPSC differentiates into a rubriblast -Increase in hemoglobin synthesis -Early release of immature RBCs if needed






28. Blue






29. To avoid introduction of tissue thromboplastin in your sample and clotting






30. Citrate intoxication- cardiac standstill - tremors - arrhythmias






31. 5.0-7.0 g/dl - 5.0-8.0 g/dl






32. IV






33. New Anemia -Decrease production anemia






34. Hypoxia






35. Ehrlichia sp.






36. Echinocytes






37. Anisocytosis






38. Prothrombin time






39. doesn't last that long






40. EDTA blood causes mycoplasma to fall off of RBCs making it harder to see.






41. Anaplasma marginale






42. Must be >50lbs -PCV >40% - current on vx - mellow temperment






43. 1 year; bleeding disorders (hemophila) - gives passive immunity (Parvo)






44. Leukocytosis with increased bands; leukopenia or degenerative left shift






45. Lung deficit - asthma - altitude - PDA






46. Iatrogenic






47. fresh






48. Dark purple-magenta granular inclusions in the cytoplasm; endotoxins - toxicemia






49. Something is mimicking what we are measuring






50. Cellular - acellular - and fluid