Hematology

Question 1

You see hypochromic, microcytic RBCs and keratocytes. What kind of anemia are you thinking

Answer 1

iron deficiency anemia

Question 2

What is the most common kind of non-regenerative anemia in domestic animals?

Answer 2

anemia of inflammatory dz

Question 3

How do you convert % to absolute

Answer 3

Multiply the total nucleated cell conc by the % of each leukocyte type

Question 4

How is the MCHC calculated?

Answer 4

Hgb x 100/PCV

Question 5

What would a 2x fold leukocyte concentration indicate?

Answer 5

excitement

Question 6

What would lymphopenia, neutrophilia (up to 2 fold) and esosinopenia indicated

Answer 6

stress response

Question 7

A left shift in neutrophil concentration greater than 2x the reference interval indicates

Answer 7

inflammation

Question 8

4 reasons you would see lymphocytosis?

Answer 8

excitement response, neoplastic lymphoproliferative dz, ag stimulation, ehrlichiosis

Question 9

3 reasons for neutropenia

Answer 9

consumption within inflammatory lesion
immune mediated destruction
lack of production by bone marrow

Question 10

3 reasons for lymphopenia

Answer 10

steroid response
acute viral infections
immunodeficiency (rare)

Question 11

2 reasons for monocytosis

Answer 11

inflammation

stress response

Question 12

3 reasons for Eosinophilia

Answer 12

Parasitism
Hypersensitivity
Mast Cell Tumor

Question 13

Basophilia

Answer 13

usually accompanies eosinophilia

Question 14

Neutrophils that proliferate and mature

Answer 14

Myeloblast
Progranulocyte
Myelocyte

Question 15

Neutrophils that mature only

Answer 15

Metamyelocyte
Band
Segmented

Question 16

What dz would you think of with anemia and spherocytes?

Answer 16

IMHA