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Veterinary Hematology Technology

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1. Anemia
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal RBC count?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What is the specific use for BTT?
What does MCV stand for and what will it tell us?

2. Grey
At birth is TP high or low
What color is a 16ga needle?
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
What is dysproteinemia?

3. Causes an increase in RBCs. NO EPO involved.
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
List the stages of RBC production starting with the PPSC
What are the 2 types of absolute polycythemia?
What is the side effect of glucocorticoids? Is EPO involved?

4. CBC
Thrombocytopenia (Mech and Ex)-Increased destruction = ____ -Increased consumption = ______ -Decreased production = ________
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
What is the specific use for LTT?
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.

5. Thrombin - platelets
What are the two types of transfusion reactions? Which one is a rejection of RBC antigens?
Define polycythemia
FDPs have anticoagulant activity Which blocks _______ and inhibits _______ from sticking
What is the baseline information that you should obtain on your patient while the transfusion is taking place?

6. hereditary or acquired
Defects of hemostasis can be..
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?
What does ACT evaluate?
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?

7. G/ld - rounded to the nearest 0.2
What are the normal ranges for ACT?
What is TP measured in?
What color is a 25ga needle?
What granulocyte has a nucleus that is uniformly plump and spread out?

8. B/c eos produce anti histamine to counteract the histamine i the mast cell granules
What would a Heinz body look like stained in NMB
What two anticoagulants have no preservatives and have a shelf life of 24 hours?
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?

9. Oval with raisin-like nucleus
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens
What does a mature avian RBC look like
Why would you give fluids IO or IP?

10. Blood chemistries
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
What are 3 reasons we evaluate TP?
Cats and Birds only count _________ retics in the retic tally
What test would be run using blood from a RTT?

11. Size - shape - and number
Platelet morphology includes...
What is cytoplasmic vacuolization?
What solution do you add to RBCs to resuspend them when doing a crossmatch? What is the fluid portion called after you spin it again? Why is this step important?
What is hyperviscosity syndrome?

12. Anaplasma marginale
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
Endothelium and platelets produce What two factors?
why would we see an increase in eos on a BM aspirate with a patient with a mast cell tumor?

13. To avoid introduction of tissue thromboplastin in your sample and clotting
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
What is the tx for RBC tumor
When would you use whole blood transfusion on your patient?

14. No only one; report out toxic neutrophil for all presentations
How long is fresh frozen plasma good for? When would you use it on your patient?
What is a WBC tumor?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
Does the toxic neutrophil have to have all the presentation to be toxic? What would you report out for each presentation?

15. Promoters - inhibitors
Barney the dog has a MCHC of 19 - What term will I use for evaluation?
What is a vascular spasm? (stimulated by ______ - causes constriction of ________)
Hemostasis is the complex - overlapping series of physiological and biochemical events which involve both _______ and ________ of coagulation
Irregular shaped RBCs - this is the term used when other classifications do not describe the film.

16. Jugular- 18ga
Platelet function defects are often acquired due to ___ - ______ - _______
List the venipuncture site in the horse and the needle size
What are the 3 types of cytological patterns?
What are the 2 main proteins?

17. Hemolysis and clot
What are the 2 categories of errors in collection of CBC/LTT?
which hematocrit tubes contain heparin?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the cat and the needle size for each
Where is the storage pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?

18. PPSC - Megakaryoblast - Promegakaryocyte - Megakaryocyte
What are some things that could cause a hypoxia w/o anemia?
List the order of Platelet production
MCV
What is the term you use when there is a higher than normal platelet count?

19. Canaries - lovebirds - and chickens
What infectious agent is seen in cattle with a tick infestation that causes severe anemia and icterus?
Judge the cells by the company that they keep is a...
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
During fibrinolysis unbound plasmin in inactivated and bound plasmin hydrolyzes fibrin producing ______

20. Vit K
What is required for carboxylation in the liver?
list the venipuncture site in sheep and goats and the needle size
Does a hemolysis error in collection of CBC/LTT invalidate the sample?
What are toxic azurophilic granules? What can cause these?

21. Iron deficiencies and Japanese Akitas
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What is fibrinolysis?
What are the Vitamin K depended factors
This RBC inclusion looks like a clear nipple like protrusion on the outer edge.

22. Jugular- 18ga - tail vein- 20 or 18ga
Where in the body do we see lymphosarcomas in horses?
What is the most dominant WBC in most birds
List 2 venipuncture sites in the cow and the needle size for each
Who do we frequently see Heinz bodies in?

23. Monolayer on 40x
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?
How long is packed RBCs good for? When would you use it on your patient?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
What is the mech of absolute hyperproteinemia and an example

24. Primary hemostasis
What does BMBT evaluate
What are the 2 causes of secondary absolute polycythemia?
Where are some sites to collect a BM sample?
What do lymphocytes do after vaccination or in young neonates?

25. 39-55 -30-36
What type of count can we do to determine bone marrows response to anemia
What are the 3 collection techniques for blood donation?
What are the MCV and MCHC normal ranges for the cat?
What are the requirements for a canine blood donor?

26. 1.000
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
List 3 venipuncture sites in the dog and the needle size for each
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
If an animal is under 4% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?

27. EDTA Which binds with calcium preventing coagulation
What are 2 causes of hypovolemia?
For what cell do we have a 5 day supply in the marginating pool? What is their half-life? Turnover rate?
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
What anticoagulant is in a LTT or PTT?

28. Large amounts to be effective - not long lasting - pricey
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 are some disadvantages of Oxyglobin?
Where is the maturation pool located in the body? What is it comprised of?
blood loss can be acute or chronic - What are some causes for acute? chronic?

29. Beter distribution/transport of oxygen - do not have to cross match
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....
These cells look like an elmer fudd hat resulting from a blister or vacuole on the surface of the cell.
What is the specific use for Red Ring Hematocrit?
What are some advantages of Oxyglobin?

30. RTT - LTT - BTT - Dia.
What are the 3 functions of platelets
What color is a 22ga needle?
An avian blood film has a feathered edge - monolayer - and...
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?

31. 55-85%; 15-45%; 0-5%; rare
What is the normal range for neutrophils in a dog or cat? lymphocytes? monos and eos? basos?
The lymphocyte is the most dominant WBC in...
If an animal is anemic __________ will be seen in the peripheral blood
Hemophilias A and B are examples of ______ secondary hemostasis defects - but are not very common in the veterinary field

32. Oxylate Which binds with calcium to prevent coagulation.
What is the mech. of relative hypoproteinemia and an exampl?
What type of anticoagulant is in a grey top tube?
What is the stimulus for lymphocyte production?
Define artifact

33. don't cause clots
What are 2 examples of acquired fibrinolysis defects
If an animal is more than 6% dehydrated At what route should you give fluids?
The goal of hemostasis is to basically maintain blood within vessels - but ...
What layer and what power objective do you use to do the differential?

34. Neovascularization
What is the plt dervided growth factor?
What is the stimulus for monocyte production?
What is the definition of PCV?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be lipemic?

35. Empty package of negate stain
vacuoles
During secondary hemostasis each coagulation factor is converted to its active form by what?
MCV
List the two types of retics along with there morphological and physiological characteristics

36. Lymphosarcoma
What two factors does the vascular part of primary hemostasis produce? And By what cells specifically?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What is the most common neoplasia of lymph nodes?

37. 3 times
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
Which species is the only species in which we evaluate the central pallor?
How many times do you repeat the RBC wash?
What are the 3 nuclear changes in a neutrophil? What is the 1 cytoplasmic change?

38. Whatever the bird weighs - 1% of that body weight is what you can safely draw (Ex- 3 ml from a 300g bird)
An example of an inherited primary hemostasis defect (vascular part) is........
What is an easy way of remembering how much blood you can safely draw from a bird
What color is a 18ga needle?
What is the term you use when there is a lower than normal platelet count?

39. Recycle old RBCs - engulf bacteria - clean up any major messes
What do monocytes do?
This RBC inclusion looks like single very dark round spot on routine stain.
Why would we want an atraumatic venipuncture?
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?

40. 2 years at room temperature
With the MPS - ___________ in the liver - spleen and bone marrow break down hemoglobin
If the neutrophil nuclear immatures are high end of normal - what would you call this? low end of normal?
What is the shelf life of Oxyglobin?
What is one factor that could cause the plasma evaluation to be hemolytic?

41. Room temperature
These cells have irregular spicules that are uneven in size and distribution. Seen in dogs with liver disease.
In avian hematology blood films are commonly made with ________
What is hypersegmented neutrophils commonly referred to? What must they have to be considered this?
What is the minimum temperature that you should warm the blood before administering it?

42. CBC in birds and reptiles
What is in each jar in the Dif Quick stain and What is the procedure of each jar?
What is the specific use for Black Ring Hematocrit?
What 3 anticoagulants contain preservatives and What are their shelf lives?
When looking at the monolayer on 10x What are you looking for?

43. It is the percent of a quantity of blood Which is made up of the red blood cells.
list 3 venipuncture sites in a bird and the needle size for each
What is the definition of PCV?
Clinical signs of a secondary hemostasis defect are.....
What granulocyte stage has a kidney bean shaped nucleus?

44. Calculated a corrected WBC ct.
Which species has inconsistent eosinophil granules?
Where is the marginating pool located in the body? What are the granulocytes doing in this pool?
What is the specific gravity of distilled water?
If there is 5 or more nRBCs in the on the blood film - what must you do?

45. 5 minutes at 6000 rpm
What are the 2 nuclear changes in a lymphocyte? What is the 4 cytoplasmic changes?
Why is the initial rate of administration slow?
How long and At what rpm do you spin the hematocrit tube?
What is the stimulus for RBC production?

46. Anisocytosis
These are small fragments of a RBC. Can be seen in a patient with DIC - iron deficiency or heartworms.
If I see a variation in size of the RBCs What term will I use?
If you have a dog come in ADR and you need to draw blood with vacutainer - what order should you fill your tubes?
What 2 ways does a platelet form?

47. blood
What is the initial rate of administration for a transfusion?
Which species has uniform small rod eosinophil granules?
0.9% NaCl only in the same line as...
What are some symptoms of immediate hypersensitivity?

48. Monocyte with a RBC inside it due to the monocyte engulfing it
Clinical signs of primary hemostasis defects are.....
Microsytosis is often seen in...
What does erythrophagocytosis look like?
What are the 4 tests used to diagnose a plasma cell tumor?

49. 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 is the advantage of a glass bottle technique? disadvantages?
Explain the Diff Quick staining technique for avian hematology
What is the best technique used to deliver donated blood into recipient? What if they were puppies/kittens

50. Bleed them out
What is a hemopoetic neoplasia?
What are the 2 parts of primary hemostasis
What is the tx for RBC tumor
What color is a 25ga needle?

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