Abnormal Blood Flashcards
Symptoms of erlichia?
Fever, lethargy, anorexia, joint pain, lymphadenopathy
How can you test for erlichia?
4DX test for antibodies, blood smear to see blue”buddy” in the cell
Erlichia in the neutrophils.
Erlichia ewengii
Treatment of tick diseases.
Doxycycline
Parasite that is found in rbc, WBC, or platelets.
Anaplasma
How is Anaplasma spread?
Ticks attached for over 24 hrs, flies
This blood parasite is species specific.
Anaplasma
Symptoms of Anaplasma?
Anorexia, lethargy, fever, bruising, bleeding
How do you test for erlichia?
4DX test, CBCs, Coombs test, IFA, western blot
The bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
Borrelia burdorferi
The species that transmits Lyme.
Ixodes sp
Symptoms of Lyme?
Lameness, joint pain, fever, lethargy, anorexia
How do you test for lyme?
4DX, Idexx c6 quantitative test, IFA, PCR, western blot
Tick based issue treatment.
Doxycycline
Intracrllular protozoa found in rbc spread by brown dog and American dog tick.
Babesia
Babes is only affects…
Dogs
How to test for babesia?
Blood smears
Feline infectious anemia. (Found in rbcs)
Mycoplasma
How to test for mycoplasma?
Blood smear.
Symptoms of mycoplasma?
Anemia
Protozoa transmitted by American dog tick that affects cats.
Cutauxzoon Felis
Symptoms of cytauxzoon Felis
Dehydration, anorexia, fever, lethargy
Caused by the parasite dirofilaria immitis.
Heart worm
Baby heartworm.
Microfilaria
Symptoms of heartworm?
Cough, excessive intolerance, lung sounds, abnormal lung sounds
Causes inclusion bodies and is confused for a parasite.
Canine distemper
Intercellular parasite found in WBC transmitted by a tick.
Erlichia
Caused when macrophages partially remove an antibody coated cell membrane
Spherocytes
Often seen in IMHA.
Spherocytes
Smaller than normal RBCs with no central pallor and stained darker
Spherocytes
Remnants of RBCs that have undergone intravascular hemolysis.
Ghost cells
Protruberances from the RBCs that result from oxidation and denaturation of hemoglobin
Heinz bodies
Seen most commonly in cats.
Heinz bodies
RBCs have a crescent shaped clear area near one margin of the cell
Eccentrocytes
Have a clear crescent shape.
Eccentrocytes
Irregularly shaped spines caused by ruptured cell membranes
Echinocytes
A type of echinocyte that we can cause by drying s smear to quickly or placing blood in hypertonic solution
Crenation
RBCs with multiple weird, blunt projections caused by cholesterol or lipids
Acanthocytes
RBC where the central pallor is oval or elongate and takes on the appearance of a mouth
Stomatocyte
Resulted from intravascular trauma
Keratocytes and blister cells
Has an extra round folding in the cell that makes a target look
Codocyte/target cell
Fragmented RBCs. (Pieces of cells)
Schistocytes
Color that has a low concentrations of hemoglobin
Hypochromasia
Larger central pallor. Less color
Hypochromasia
Low numbers in the normal state
Polychromatophil
Has reddish blue cytoplasm (more purple, no central pallor and bigger)
Polychromatophil
Large clumps of material
Aggregate Reticulocyte
Few small individual clumps
Punctate
Circulate for 7-10 days
Punctate
RBCs with Easter egg appearance
Basophilia stippling
Immature red blood cells of which the nucleus has not been nucleated
NRBcs
RBCs that contain remnants of nucleus leaving dark blue areas
Howell jolly body
