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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Ehrlichia sp.
What are 3 effects of EPO?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
What type of anticoagulant is in a BTT
This infectious agent can be seen in WBC and RBC. Tick transmitted. Inclusion looks similar to a plt.

2. Ghost cell
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH
What is a reactive lymph look like? What animals are they seen in?
List 6 tests to evaluate RBCs

3. Hereditary
What is the normal range of a PCV for a dog? a cat?
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?

4. Blood glucose
When looking at the feathered edge on 10x What are two things you would be looking for?
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What is the definition of PCV?

5. Thrombin - platelets
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.
What is the method for BMBT?
Why do we stage lymphoid tumors?
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking

6. Budding and Cytoplasmic Demarkation
There are 2 types of lymphocytes What are their names? What are each used for?
What is the normal range of a TP for a dog? a cat?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
What tube is used for all the sent our tests except FDPs?

7. Ameboid nucleus with lacy chromatin; +/- vacuoles; low N:C
All components necessary for intrinsic pathway are...
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal WBC count?
What do you look for to identify a monocyte?

8. Concentration of proteins reflects a balance b/w filtration into tissues then a return of proteing in the lymphatic system
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....
What is the function of immunglobins?
What are the 3 mechanisms of anemia?
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube

9. Room temperature
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?
What are two stains used in staining blood films?
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?

10. Microcytic
What type of anticoagulant is in a green top tube
It take ___ days to see a response to anemia in the peripheral blood
Hairball the cat has a MCV of 32 - What term will I use for the evaluation?
MCHC

11. Oxylate Which binds with calcium to prevent coagulation.
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
This infectious agent looks like a cracked egg - seen in dogs - transmitted by the tick and causes anemia - emaciation and anorexia.
chromatin
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?

12. RBC morphology - WBC morphology - and platelets
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
When viewing the monolayer on 100x What are you checking?

13. Lrg clusters of plasma cells in BM aspirate -lytic bone lesion -monoclonal gammopathy -bence jones proteinuria
List two ways the body gets rid of old RBCs
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?

14. Echinocytes
List the order of Platelet production
These are cells that are spiculated with even small projections over the entire cell.
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?

15. Hemoproteus spp
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?
What avian parasite am I describing.... a horseshoe or halter-shaped organism partially encircling but not displacing the host RBC nucleus
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?
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.

16. Hypoxia
What other cell is counted in the WBC ct (other than WBCs)?
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?

17. Neutrophil - eosinophil - basophil
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What does granular cytoplasm look like?
This RBC inclusion looks like small round dots that stain bluish - seen in dogs with lead poisoning.
Name the 3 granulocytes

18. Test for fibrinolysis specifically the amount of FDP
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
What does the FDP test detect?

19. Myelodysplasia
What is the difference between a red ring and a black ring hematocrit tube?
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
What is a WBC tumor?
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______

20. Hemotomas - bleeding into muscle joints/body cavities and delayed bleeding after venipunture
Which species has uniform small round refractile eosinophil granules?
Defects of hemostasis can be..
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?

21. Acid citrate dextrose (21 days) - citrate phosphate dextrose (21 days) - citrate phosphate dextrose with adenine (35 days)
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?
What are some examples of nonimmunologic?
What 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________

22. Mycoplasma haemofelis (hemobartonella felis)
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?
MCHC
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?
This causes a sever often fatal anemia in cats that are usually FeLv pos.

23. Round to oval nucleus with smudged chromatin; high N:C
What do you look for to identify a lymphocyte?
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What are some side effects to Oxyglobin? Are these side effects anything to worry about? why?

24. Abnormal protein measurement in blood
What is dysproteinemia?
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?
What does ACT evaluate?
What is the defining cell of inflammation?

25. Soluble coagulation factors - cofactors
In the minor reaction of the crossmatch - What do you add together?
Secondary hemostasis requires ___ _____ ____ and _______ in a cascade of conversion of inactive factors
What are the stages of lymphoid tumors?
What is the most common inherited bleeding disorder in animals

26. Body - monolayer - and feathered edge
List the order of Platelet production
What are the 3 layers of a blood film?
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
If I see unusually large RBCs what will I use? Unusually small RBCs?

27. Target cell
What are some test to do to determine what % an animal is dehdrated?
When evaluating the size of RBCs we not only look at How many RBCs have a size difference but also the...
These cells look like a bulls eye ______ and are commonly in polychromatophils
What type of granules are in a promyelocyte? are they committed?

28. In bone marrow; myeloblasts - promyelocytes - myelocytes
Where is the proliferating or dividing pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What does the test thrombin time detect?
Extrinsic pathway requires a ____ _____ for activationand the end product is ___________
This cell looks like an empty RBC membrane and is usually an indication of IVH

29. No - but it is not ideal
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?

30. PPSC - Megakaryoblast - Promegakaryocyte - Megakaryocyte
List the order of Platelet production
This cell looks like a punched out cell.
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
How much and how often can a dog donate blood? a cat?

31. Mean Corpuscular Hb Concentration - gives us the amount of Hb
Lucy the dog has a MCV of 75 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What does MCHC stand for and what will it tell us?
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?
What is dysproteinemia?

32. Inconsistent - small - and irregular
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
What do the granules look like in a dog - horse - or cow basophil?

33. Band
____________ is often seen in ruminants with cobalt deficiencies and poodles with defective erythrogenesis
What is the specific use for GreyTT?
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?
Define relative

34. Normocytic
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is fibrinolysis?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
Platelets are always irrregular in shape - but what would an abnormally shaped platelet look like?

35. In bone marrow; metamyelocytes and bands
Mammalian hematology has platelets and avian hematology has ___________
Define absolute
What is the function of protein?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

36. Dog-88ml/kg - cat- 66ml/kg
What are the normal blood volumes for the dog and cat?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
What is the only species that has color stained in the neutrophil granules? what color do they stain?
These cells are only seen in dogs with anemia and is pathognomonic with IMHA. Small round evenly stained.

37. Dark - dense segmented nucleus
What are 3 examples of acquired primary hemostasis defects (vascular part)
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
Why is it important that you use the appropriate thumb forceps when using wright's stain?
What is fibrinolysis?

38. Dark purple-magenta granular inclusions in the cytoplasm; endotoxins - toxicemia
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
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 is the most dominant WBC in most birds
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?

39. Primary hemostasis and plt number
What do you look for to identify a neutrophil?
What does plt count evaluate?
1/4 of FeLV positive cats will develop...
What are the examples for the cellular components of blood and What are their functions?

40. Promoters - inhibitors
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
Fritz the cat - has an MCV of 45 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What are some causes of primary absolute polycythemia?

41. Detects decreases in fibrinogen and thrombin inhibition from FDPs
What are some common causes of Normochromic Normocytic Non-Regenerative Anemia?
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
What are the three abnormal colors you would see on a plasma evaluation?
What does the test thrombin time detect?

42. Structural matrix - ground work for a cell - acts as transporters and carriers
What is the function of protein?
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
During secretion - TXA is released by platelets and causes what?
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin

43. Trypanosoma sp
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?
MCV
This can be seen in cattle - camel - sheep - goats - antelope - birds. Causes a veneral disease in horses.

44. Hemolysis and clot
What does the plt estimate evaluate?
What is TP measured in?
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
Avian basophils do not have a...

45. Lymphocyte; they clone themselves before they die
What are the 3 components of blood?
What is the only cell that has the ability to recirculate? How do they do this?
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics
What are the in house tests that could be run to check for bleeding disorders?

46. VWB
What is another name for a blister cell?
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
An example of and inherited platelet function defect is ________ where platelets fail to adhere to subendothelial collagen
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?

47. Oxyglobin
What is contained in the buffy coat?
___________ was discovered in the Veterinary field first
During the production of coagulation factors the liver can make all factors except part of factor ___ and _____
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?

48. Slow- 0.11 ml/#/minute for the first 15 minutes
What are some causes of thromboembolic disorder?
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?

49. PCV - TP - Plasma evaluation in conjunction with LTT
Define thromboembolic disorder
What is the specific use for Blue Ring Hematocrit?
The final product of secondary hemostasis is a stable ____ _______ which seals larger blood vessel defects
What are the 2 morphologic changes of WBCs?

50. BLV - bovine leukemia virus
What is an example of decreased production?
What is the function of immunglobins?
What virus in cattle can cause lymphosarcoma?
What are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?