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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Bone marrow toxin - kidney failure - iron defiency
Where does protein originate from?
What does BMBT evaluate
When noting the number of platelets - What are the ranges and names?
What is an example of decreased production?

2. Test for fibrinolysis specifically the amount of FDP
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
At birth is TP high or low
What does the FDP test detect?
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH

3. Increase loss of RBCs - Increase destruction - and decrease production
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?
What is the mech of relative hyperproteinemia and an example

4. Oxyglobin
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
What are the causes of hypersegmented neutrophils?
What is the only species that has basophil granules uniform round pale blue gray?
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first

5. That the blood is compatible with recipient
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?
What is the most important trait of blood donation?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?

6. Reticulocyte count
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
How many mls is one unit of blood for a dog?a cat?
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?

7. 1.1 - 1.2 - and 7
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
What do the granules of a mast cell contain
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?

8. PCV - RBC - Hb - Retic Ct - Morphology - Indices MCV - MCHC - MCH
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs
What are some infectious agents that you would test for in a dog before they could be a donor?

9. Perform 2 or more of the test
What is the rule when testing for a plasma cell tumor?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
What color is a 18ga needle?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?

10. Body - monolayer - and feathered edge
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What is the method for ACT?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.

11. Lrg clusters of plasma cells in BM aspirate -lytic bone lesion -monoclonal gammopathy -bence jones proteinuria
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
What organ produces EPO?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.
What color is a 16ga needle?

12. 200 -000-500 -000/microliter; 200 -000-500 -000/microliter
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?
What is the normal range of a PLT ct for a dog? a cat?
How many blood cells are counted when doing a WBC differential?
What are the two types of techniques we could use when drawing blood?

13. Leptocyte
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?
RBC that has a pale colored mouth area and only seen in dogs with hereditary chondrodystrophy (dwarfish)
These RBCs have more surface area than contents. Similar to a half full zip lock bag or look like they have wrinkles.
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?

14. Not mixing the sample
What is the biggest error in hematology?
Define absolute
What is the side effect of glucocorticoids? Is EPO involved?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?

15. Horse
What is the name of the granulocyte stage that has secondary granules? are they committed?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
What species never releases immature RBCs early?
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?

16. Macrocytosis - Microcytosis
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
What is the specific use for LTT?

17. Beter distribution/transport of oxygen - do not have to cross match
How can an animal lose 50% of their blood volume and still be ok?
What color is a 25ga needle?
What are the 3 parts of the platelet plug?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?

18. Oxylate Which binds with calcium to prevent coagulation.
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
What is the ratio of PSS to Packed RBCs in the RBC suspension?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
What is serum?

19. Anaplasma marginale
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH
What do you look for to identify a basophil
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?

20. Polycythemia vera and erthodysplasia
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
What are 2 types of RBC tumors?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?

21. Leukocytosis with increased bands; leukopenia or degenerative left shift
What does plt count evaluate?
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
What is plasma?
List the order of Platelet production

22. Obs = # retics/1000 x 100 COR = (Pt PCV/ Average PCV) x observed % Abs = # retics/1000 x RBC ct
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
What is the Observed Retic Count Formula? Corrected Retic Count? Absolute Retic Count?
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
Fibrinogen measurment makes up what percent of the TP?

23. Ponctate Polka Dot Ribosomes More mature retic -Aggregate Clumped Ribosomes Younger retic
What are dohle bodies?
How many days does it take for the body to recognize that it is not its own blood?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics

24. EDTA Which binds with calcium preventing coagulation
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?
What are some examples of soluble coagulation factors?? Cofactors??
What is an example of decreased production?

25. Horse
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
Which species has uniform large round refractile eosinophil granules?

26. B/c eos produce anti histamine to counteract the histamine i the mast cell granules
What are the 3 components of hemostasis
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________

27. Neutrophil - eosinophil - basophil
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
Name the 3 granulocytes
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?
MCV

28. Saline wash
What test could be done to differentiate between rouleaux and agglutination?
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?

29. Something is mimicking what we are measuring
What is the function of protein?
Define artifact
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?

30. SQ
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
If an animal is 5-6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?

31. Thrombocytes
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
What does a mature avian RBC look like
What color is a 25ga needle?

32. 1 year; bleeding disorders (hemophila) - gives passive immunity (Parvo)
Which test is best to diagnose warfarin poisoning?
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
In What animals would you use the syringe technique?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?

33. 5 minutes at 6000 rpm
What are neutrophil nuclear immatures commonly referred to?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
Give 2 examples of clot errors in collection of CBC/LTT
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?

34. Increase
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
Fibrinogen increases during states of inflammation - in a dog and cat WBCs increase or decrease prior to fibrinogen increasing?
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______

35. Cytauxzoon sp.
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?
Fatal tick transmitted disease to the domestic cat. Bobcat is host.
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
Defects of hemostasis can be..

36. Primary hemostasis and specifically plt number
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
When would you use Cryopercipitate on your patient?
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)

37. Blue-grey inclusion in the cytoplasm that is irregular in shape
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?
What does VWF test evaluate?
What are dohle bodies?
A platelet plug by itself is short lived and can only stop hemmorage but....

38. Vacuoles
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?
During secretion What does PF3 do?
What are the routes of fluid replacement?
All cells can get...

39. Secondary hemostasis specifically intrinsic and common pathways
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What does ACT evaluate?

40. Right shift; greater than 5 lobes
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
What are 2 causes of roughened endothelium?
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?

41. 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
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What does the FDP test detect?
Give 4 examples of hemolysis errors in collection of CBC/LTT

42. Extrinsic - Intrinsic - common
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a cow? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
What are the three pathways (limbs) of secondary hemostasis?

43. Free or Unbound TPO
What is the defining cell of inflammation?
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
What is the method for ACT?
What is the stimulus for platelets

44. Cytoplasm appears to have a more blue color than usual
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
What erythoroocyte antigens must a dog be lacking to be a universal donor?
What is plasma?

45. Red ring - blue ring - and black ring tubes
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?
What are the 3 types of hematocrit tubes?

46. In bone marrow; matures - +/- bands
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?

47. WBC- defense - RBC- O2 transport - Plts- platelet plug
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
What would be 2 causes of artifact hypoproteinemia?

48. Hypoxia
During secretion What does PF3 do?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?
The end product of contact activation (or intrinsic pathway) is _______
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?

49. To observe for transfusion reactions
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?

50. TPR - MM - CRT - PCV - TP
What is the normal range of a WBC ct for a dog? a cat?
What is diffuse cytoplasmic basophilia?
Avian basophils do not have a...
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?