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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Primary hemostasis
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
Why is it good to know what blood components that your patient needs?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
What does BMBT evaluate

2. Thrombocytopenia
What does BMBT evaluate
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?

3. Lung deficit - asthma - altitude - PDA
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Fibrinogen > __________
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?

4. IV
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What is the stimulus for platelets

5. Macro - mega - shift - or giant
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
what WBC do mast cells resemble
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
vacuoles

6. Drugs - DIC - Uremia
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
Microsytosis is often seen in...
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?

7. High - because hormones trigger a hyper immune state.
During gestation is TP high or low?
What color is a 20ga needle?
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?

8. Prostaglandins in cell wall - bacterial products - infectious and non-infectious inflammatory processes
Thrombocytes tend to...
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
When evaluating the size of RBCs we not only look at How many RBCs have a size difference but also the...
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?

9. Microcytic
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?

10. Increase at the same time
At birth is TP high or low
Fibrinogen and WBCs...
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?

11. Eccentrocyte
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
What is another name for a blister cell?

12. Primary Hemostasis - platelet plug -Stimulate Secondary Hemostasis - Fibrin clot -Secrete
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
What are the 3 functions of platelets
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.

13. Extrinsic - Intrinsic - common
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?
What color is a 22ga needle?
During gestation is TP high or low?
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?

14. They increase
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
All cells can get...
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?

15. Water - its function is thermoregulation - lubrication - transporter and chemical reactions
What are the 3 mech. that cause absolute hypoproteinemia and give an example of each.
What is an example of the fluid component of blood?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?

16. Blue-grey inclusion in the cytoplasm that is irregular in shape
What are dohle bodies?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?

17. Grey
What color is a 16ga needle?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
What species never releases immature RBCs early?

18. Marrow failure and tumor staging
What are the indications for BM sampling
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What does hemosiderin look like?

19. Stomatocyte
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
The WBC morphology includes...
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________

20. Anisocytosis
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?
granule
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in cattle? What type of cattle so we see it in?

21. Neutrophil - eosinophil - basophil
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
Name the 3 granulocytes
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?

22. IMHA - clostridium hemolyticum
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What is an example of increased destruction?
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects

23. Stimulated by sympathetic nerves - causes constriction of smooth muscle.
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
What is the function of albumin?
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

24. Use simplate device to make an incision into upper lip - start timer - using filter paper dab site (dont wipe) every 10 seconds until bleeding stops. Normal range: 1-3min in dogs and cats
What is the method for BMBT?
What is the stimulus for platelets
Define absolute
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?

25. Inconsistent - small - and irregular
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What is an example of loss of RBC
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?

26. Fuzzy - hairy - appear to have tentacle or strings coming off of it which means they are reactive platelets
MCV
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?
What do you look for to identify a basophil

27. Macrophages
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia

28. SQ
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
When evaluating the size of RBCs we not only look at How many RBCs have a size difference but also the...
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Regarding the Absolute Retic Count.....< 60 -000 = ___________ > 60 -000 = ___________

29. 6 -000-17 -000/microliter; 5 -500-19 -500/microliter
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
When looking at the body on 10x What are you looking for?

30. VWB factor
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....
Adhesion requires what factor?

31. Heinz body
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
What is the function of immunglobins?
What does a RTT contain?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.

32. Increased concentration of amount of RBC ex: dehydration or splenic contraction
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
What is the mechanism of relative polycythemia and What is an example?

33. Plastic bag - glass bottle - syringe
What is the procedure for doing a retic count?
What color is a 25ga needle?
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?

34. Yes
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What is the plt dervided growth factor?

35. Structural matrix - ground work for a cell - acts as transporters and carriers
Avian basophils do not have a...
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
What is the function of protein?

36. Tissue factor - prothrombinase
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia

37. Proximal humerus - proximal femur - crest and wing of ilium - sternum and dorsal ends of ribs
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 happens during aggregation
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?

38. Ehrilichia - babesia - RMSF - borrelia - brucella - dirofilaria
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?
Thrombocytes tend to...
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example

39. oval
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
What is the function of protein?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?

40. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What does ACT evaluate?
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______

41. blood
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
What color is a 25ga needle?
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...

42. Agglutination or hemolysis
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?

43. .98mls to .02mls
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
What is the ratio of PSS to Packed RBCs in the RBC suspension?

44. Vasoconstriction and further platelet aggregation (overall goal is to get more platelets to that area)
In ruminants - WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?

45. Peripheral Blood - Bone Marrow
Mature RBCs are normally seen in the ______ ______ and immature RBC are in the _______ _____.
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
What color is a 22ga needle?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?

46. 15-45%; 55-85%; 0-5%; rare
granule
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
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 PTT and PT evaluate?

47. Jar 1- fixative- 5 one second dips jar 2 -eosinophilc - 5 one second dips jar 3 - basophilic - 7-10 one second dips
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
Platelet morphology includes...

48. Heparin - histamine - and eosinophilic chemotactic factor
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?

49. Monolayer on 40x
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
What do you look for to identify a basophil
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?

50. Vascular part - platelet plug
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
What is the biggest error in hematology?