Hematology

Question 1

How much blood should be drawn to run tests?

Answer 1

draw 3x the amount necessary to accomplish tests

Question 2

What is the anticoagulant of choice for most mammals?

Answer 2

EDTA

Question 3

What is the anticoagulant of choice for birds and reptiles?

Answer 3

heparin

Question 4

What do you see in stress leukograms?

Answer 4

mature neutrophilia, monocytosis, lymphopenia, eosinopenia

Question 5

What can contribute to stress leukograms?

Answer 5

fear, excitement, struggling, stress, treatment, restraint

Question 6

When does sample degradation occur?

Answer 6

begins immediately after collection

Question 7

What happens if a blood sample is not ran right away and if left out in room temperature?

Answer 7

glucose drops by 10% every hour it is not refrigerated

Question 8

When do you see schistocytes?

Answer 8

DIC

Question 9

When do you see acanthoytes?

Answer 9

liver dz

Question 10

When do you see echinocytes?

Answer 10

kidney dz

Question 11

When do you see spherocytes?

Answer 11

IMHA

Question 12

When do you see stomatocytes?

Answer 12

liver dz

Question 13

What is a poikilocyte?

Answer 13

irregular shaped RBC

Question 14

What is the average RBC size in a canine?

Answer 14

7 microns

Question 15

What is anisocytosis?

Answer 15

variation is the size of RBC
NOMRAL IN COWS

Question 16

Rouleaux is normal in _____________.

Answer 16

horses

Question 17

When is basophilic stippling seen?

Answer 17

lead poisoning

Question 18

What does HgB assist in?

Answer 18

assists in acid base regulation

Question 19

What is HgB measured in?

Answer 19

g/dL

Question 20

How can you calculate HgB?

Answer 20

PCV/3

Question 21

What does MCV measure?

Answer 21

cell size

Question 22

What does MCH measure?

Answer 22

HgB weight

Question 23

What does MCHC measure?

Answer 23

HgB concentration

Question 24

What are reticulocytes?

Answer 24

immature erythrocytes still containing ribosomes

Question 25

Cats possess ______ forms of reticulocytes.

Answer 25

2

Question 26

What reticulocytes do cats have?

Answer 26

aggregated and punctated

Question 27

In cats, what reticulocytes are counted?

Answer 27

aggregated

Question 28

What is the buffy coat made up of?

Answer 28

WBCs, platelets, NRBCs

Question 29

What is a normal buffy coat?

Answer 29

1-2%

Question 30

In what species are platelets clumps commonly found in?

Answer 30

cats and cows

Question 31

What is primary hemostasis?

Answer 31

vessel spasm and formation of platelet plug

Question 32

What is secondary hemostasis?

Answer 32

coagulation cascade, ends in fibrin formation

Question 33

What are the primary hemostatic tests?

Answer 33

platelet count and bleeding time

Question 34

What are the secondary hemostatic tests?

Answer 34

prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), PIVKA, capillary coagulation

Question 35

All blood cells stem from the _________________________.

Answer 35

pluripotent cell

Question 36

What are the five types of leukocytes?

Answer 36

Basophils, Eosinophils, Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes

Question 37

Which leukocytes are granulocytes?

Answer 37

Basophils, Eosinophils, Neutrophils

Question 38

Which leukocytes are phagocytes?

Answer 38

Monocytes, Eosinophils, Neutrophils

Question 39

Another name for a WBC count is _____________.

Answer 39

differential

Question 40

Most abundant WBC is ___________.

Answer 40

neutrophil

Question 41

Least abundant WBC is _____________.

Answer 41

basophil

Question 42

What is a left shift?

Answer 42

band neutrophils are seen

Question 43

When are basophils seen?

Answer 43

acute allergic reactions

Question 44

Is a relative or an absolute count more important?

Answer 44

absolute