Abnormal Blood

Question 1

Symptoms of erlichia?

Answer 1

Fever, lethargy, anorexia, joint pain, lymphadenopathy

Question 2

How can you test for erlichia?

Answer 2

4DX test for antibodies, blood smear to see blue”buddy” in the cell

Question 3

Erlichia in the neutrophils.

Answer 3

Erlichia ewengii

Question 4

Treatment of tick diseases.

Answer 4

Doxycycline

Question 5

Parasite that is found in rbc, WBC, or platelets.

Answer 5

Anaplasma

Question 6

How is Anaplasma spread?

Answer 6

Ticks attached for over 24 hrs, flies

Question 7

This blood parasite is species specific.

Answer 7

Anaplasma

Question 8

Symptoms of Anaplasma?

Answer 8

Anorexia, lethargy, fever, bruising, bleeding

Question 9

How do you test for erlichia?

Answer 9

4DX test, CBCs, Coombs test, IFA, western blot

Question 10

The bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

Answer 10

Borrelia burdorferi

Question 11

The species that transmits Lyme.

Answer 11

Ixodes sp

Question 12

Symptoms of Lyme?

Answer 12

Lameness, joint pain, fever, lethargy, anorexia

Question 13

How do you test for lyme?

Answer 13

4DX, Idexx c6 quantitative test, IFA, PCR, western blot

Question 14

Tick based issue treatment.

Answer 14

Doxycycline

Question 15

Intracrllular protozoa found in rbc spread by brown dog and American dog tick.

Answer 15

Babesia

Question 16

Babes is only affects…

Answer 16

Dogs

Question 17

How to test for babesia?

Answer 17

Blood smears

Question 18

Feline infectious anemia. (Found in rbcs)

Answer 18

Mycoplasma

Question 19

How to test for mycoplasma?

Answer 19

Blood smear.

Question 20

Symptoms of mycoplasma?

Answer 20

Anemia

Question 21

Protozoa transmitted by American dog tick that affects cats.

Answer 21

Cutauxzoon Felis

Question 22

Symptoms of cytauxzoon Felis

Answer 22

Dehydration, anorexia, fever, lethargy

Question 23

Caused by the parasite dirofilaria immitis.

Answer 23

Heart worm

Question 24

Baby heartworm.

Answer 24

Microfilaria

Question 25

Symptoms of heartworm?

Answer 25

Cough, excessive intolerance, lung sounds, abnormal lung sounds

Question 26

Causes inclusion bodies and is confused for a parasite.

Answer 26

Canine distemper

Question 27

Intercellular parasite found in WBC transmitted by a tick.

Answer 27

Erlichia

Question 28

Caused when macrophages partially remove an antibody coated cell membrane

Answer 28

Spherocytes

Question 29

Often seen in IMHA.

Answer 29

Spherocytes

Question 30

Smaller than normal RBCs with no central pallor and stained darker

Answer 30

Spherocytes

Question 31

Remnants of RBCs that have undergone intravascular hemolysis.

Answer 31

Ghost cells

Question 32

Protruberances from the RBCs that result from oxidation and denaturation of hemoglobin

Answer 32

Heinz bodies

Question 33

Seen most commonly in cats.

Answer 33

Heinz bodies

Question 34

RBCs have a crescent shaped clear area near one margin of the cell

Answer 34

Eccentrocytes

Question 35

Have a clear crescent shape.

Answer 35

Eccentrocytes

Question 36

Irregularly shaped spines caused by ruptured cell membranes

Answer 36

Echinocytes

Question 37

A type of echinocyte that we can cause by drying s smear to quickly or placing blood in hypertonic solution

Answer 37

Crenation

Question 38

RBCs with multiple weird, blunt projections caused by cholesterol or lipids

Answer 38

Acanthocytes

Question 39

RBC where the central pallor is oval or elongate and takes on the appearance of a mouth

Answer 39

Stomatocyte

Question 40

Resulted from intravascular trauma

Answer 40

Keratocytes and blister cells

Question 41

Has an extra round folding in the cell that makes a target look

Answer 41

Codocyte/target cell

Question 42

Fragmented RBCs. (Pieces of cells)

Answer 42

Schistocytes

Question 43

Color that has a low concentrations of hemoglobin

Answer 43

Hypochromasia

Question 44

Larger central pallor. Less color

Answer 44

Hypochromasia

Question 45

Low numbers in the normal state

Answer 45

Polychromatophil

Question 46

Has reddish blue cytoplasm (more purple, no central pallor and bigger)

Answer 46

Polychromatophil

Question 47

Large clumps of material

Answer 47

Aggregate Reticulocyte

Question 48

Few small individual clumps

Answer 48

Punctate

Question 49

Circulate for 7-10 days

Answer 49

Punctate

Question 50

RBCs with Easter egg appearance

Answer 50

Basophilia stippling

Question 51

Immature red blood cells of which the nucleus has not been nucleated

Answer 51

NRBcs

Question 52

RBCs that contain remnants of nucleus leaving dark blue areas

Answer 52

Howell jolly body