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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Partial thromboplastin time - prothrombin time - VWF test - thrombin time - FDPs
What some send out tests that could be run for bleeding disorders?
Adhesion requires what factor?
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?

2. Vit K
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
The RBC morphology includes...
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?

3. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
What does ACT evaluate?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
What is the #1 cause of hypervolemia
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...

4. Leukocytopenia or leukopenia
Briefly describe what happens during adhesion
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?

5. Round to oval; ameboid
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
What organ produces EPO?
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What shape is the nucleus in a lymphocyte? a monocyte?

6. Russel bodies in cytoplasm - constipated plasma cell - honeycomb appearing; only seen in birds and reptiles
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?
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
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?

7. Agglutination or hemolysis
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
Where does protein originate from?
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?

8. WBC distribution - platelet clumping - abnormal cells - and microfilaria
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?

9. Beter distribution/transport of oxygen - do not have to cross match
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
What is your end patient observation if the blood is not compatible?
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.

10. No only one; report out toxic neutrophil for all presentations
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.

11. Clot that breaks off from its origin place and lodges somewhere else
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
Define thromboembolic disorder
What oxidized drugs or chemicals can cause heinz bodies?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?

12. Anisocytosis
granule
What do you need to give to a cat or dog donor after you complete your blood collection?
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.

13. Prognosis and tx protocol
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
What do you look for to identify an eosinophil?

14. Macrocytosis
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What is the specific use for GreenTT?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?

15. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?

16. Dog
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
Define thromboembolic disorder

17. Green
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?
What color is a 18ga needle?

18. Lymphosarcoma
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis

19. DIC - Warfarin toxication; within 6 hours; platelets and clotting factors
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
When would you use fresh whole blood transfusion on your patient? How many hours from time of collection for it to be considered fresh? What does it contain that makes it better?

20. Genetic material in the nucleus
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
chromatin
What is the specific use for GreenTT?

21. Not making blood film ASAP - glucocorticoids - inherited
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
What is another name for a blister cell?
What are the indications for BM sampling

22. High - because hormones trigger a hyper immune state.
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
During gestation is TP high or low?
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?

23. High - because they lose the ability to retain water
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?

24. Stage 1: one organ stage 2: stage 1 + regional lymph nodes stage 3: stage 2 + all lymph nodes stage 4: stage 3 + liver and spleen stage 5: stage 4 + BM and blood
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?

25. 5 -000 -000-10 -000 -000/microliter; 5 -000 -000-11 -000 -000/microliter
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
What is the stimulus for platelets
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...

26. CBC in birds and reptiles
In a geriatric patient is TP high or low?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

27. It is separated after 6 hours and fresh frozen is before 6 hours
Defects of hemostasis can be..
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
Stored plasma is the same as fresh frozen plasma except For what?
What is an example of decreased production?

28. Von Willebrand's Disease
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
EPO is involved with hypoxia...
What is the normal range of a RBC ct for a dog? a cat?
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........

29. Not cleaning refractometer - drying of sample - inclusion of buffy coat
What does ACT evaluate?
Name the 2 agranulocytes
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils

30. Yes
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
Does a clot error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...

31. Abnormal protein measurement in blood
What is the definition of PCV?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
What is dysproteinemia?

32. In bone marrow; myeloblasts - promyelocytes - myelocytes
What would cause an artifact hyperproteinemia
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?

33. don't cause clots
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______

34. Hereditary
Mast cells have a _____ nucleus
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?

35. 7-10 days
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What does the plt estimate evaluate?

36. Plt estimate - plt count - BMBT - ACT
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
granule
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?

37. Metamyelocyte
In the control reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.

38. EDTA blood causes mycoplasma to fall off of RBCs making it harder to see.
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What is a mott cell? What animals are they seen in?
Why might you not want to use EDTA blood to view Mycoplasma haemofelis?
What color is a 18ga needle?

39. 39-55 -30-36
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
What color is a 22ga needle?
What are the 4 presentations of toxic neutrophils
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs

40. Blue-grey inclusion in the cytoplasm that is irregular in shape
What are dohle bodies?
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
During secondary hemostasis What is formed to stabilize the primary hemostatic plug?

41. Ad: non-breakable - no vacuum - no activation of coagulation factors - component separation is easier; dis: migration of plastic into blood - slower collection
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What are the 4 names that can be given to the size of larger than normal platelets?
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
What is the advantage of a plastic bag technique? disadvantages?

42. Nulcear characteristics and cytoplasmic characteristics
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What does erythrophagocytosis look like?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
The WBC morphology includes...

43. Thrombocytopenia
An example of acquired primary hemostasis defects (platelet plug part) is...
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
list 2 venipuncture sites in the pig and the needle size for each
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

44. (PCV x 10)/RBC
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....
In the major reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
MCV
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?

45. Liver function - immune status - hydrations - kidney function - and GI function
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What is fibrinolysis?
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
Fritz the cat has a MCHC of 40 - What term will I use for evaluation?

46. PPSC differentiates into a rubriblast -Increase in hemoglobin synthesis -Early release of immature RBCs if needed
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
T/F myelodysplasia and erythodysplasia have...
What are 3 effects of EPO?
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.

47. Proximal humerus - proximal femur - crest and wing of ilium - sternum and dorsal ends of ribs
What do monocytes do?
What are 3 examples of acquired secondary hemostasis defects
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
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?

48. clump together
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
What is the specific use for LTT?
Thrombocytes tend to...
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?

49. Slow- 0.11 ml/#/minute for the first 15 minutes
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB

50. Red ring - blue ring - and black ring tubes
What color is a 18ga needle?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal WBC count?
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?