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1
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What are the 3 pre-analytical factors that may influence test results?

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Fixed animal factors
transient animal factors - pregnancy, fear
clinician related - techniques.

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What is an analytical factor that can influence results?

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type of equipment, quality control

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What are some post analytical factors that may influence results?

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incorrect transcription
wrong reference ranges
interpretation errors

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Which anticoagulant is the best to use for hematology such as morphology and CBC? What color is the tube?

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EDTA

Purple

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What anticoagulant should be used for clinical biochemistry? Color of tube?

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Lithium Heparin

Green

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What color tube has no anticoagulant?

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red

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What anticoagulant is used for coagulation tests? What color is the tube?

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Na-Citrate

Blue

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What anticoagulant is preferred for glucose estimation? Color of tube?

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Fl-Oxalate

Grey

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9
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What gauge needle should be used for large animals? What time should the sample be collected?

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18-20

in the morning

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What vein should be used for big dogs and what gauge?

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Cephalic

21-22

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What vein should be used for small dogs and what gauge needle?

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jugular

19-20

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What gauge needle should be used in a cat?

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21-24

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13
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What vein and what gauge needle should be used for pigs?

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Anterior vena cava

18-19

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14
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How long are blood and fluids stable at room temperature? What about at 4C in a fridge?

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RT- 24 hours

Fridge - 2-3 days

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15
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What must be done before blood samples are stored for biochemistry later on?

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plasma must be seperated

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16
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What kind of blood samples must be processed within 30 minutes?

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ammonia, acid-base (bilirubin)

and if lithium heparin was used to anticoag

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17
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What can in vitro hemolysis change in the blood analysis?

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decreased RBC and PCV values

inaccurate MCHC

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18
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Turbidity from in vitro hemolysis can interfere with what kind of tests?

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colorimetric and spectrophotometric

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19
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What analytes may increase as a result of in vitro hemolysis?

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postassium
inorganic phosphates
enzymes

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20
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What kind of tubes should body fluids be split into?

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EDTA - preserve morphology

Sterilin tubes - permit culture

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21
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What body fluid must be analyzed immediately?

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CSF

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22
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What is the definition of accuracy in laboratory assays?

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closeness of measured value and true value

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What is the defintion of precision in laboratory assays?

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gives same result over and over

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What is the definition of reliability in laboratory assays?

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ability to be accurate and precise

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25
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How is positive predictive value calculated and what does it mean?

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TP/FP+TP

suggests presence of dz in population of animals

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26
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How is negative predictive value calculated and what does it mean?

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TN/TN+FN

suggests absence of dz in population

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27
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What happens to the PPV and NPV if the prevalence of a disease drops?

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PPV decreases

NPV increases

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28
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What are sinusoids in bone marrow?

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thin walled capillaries

reticular cells on outside where hematopoeisis occurs

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29
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What system is present in BM, spleen, and liver and facilitates hematopoiesis by removing aged RBCs?

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mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS)

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30
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What organs are places besides BM, spleen and liver is the MPS found?

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CNS (microglia)

lungs (alveolar macrophages)

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31
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What organs does hematopoiesis occur after birth?

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Liver, spleen and bone marrow, then becomes restricted to bone marrow

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32
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What three things(hormones/molecules) are involved in regulating hematopoesis?

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erythropoietin (EPO)
thrombopoietin (TPO)
colony stimulation factors (CSF)

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33
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What two types of cells make up the majority in the bone marrow?

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myeloid (granulocytic) and erythroid precursors

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34
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What is the lifespan of cat RBCs?

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70 days

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35
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Where can extramedullary hematopoisesis take place?

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spleen and liver

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36
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What “activities” do neutrophils possess?

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phagocytic and bacteriocidal

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37
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What “activities” do eosinophils (and basophils) possess?

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parasiticidal and allergic

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38
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How long does it take for a myelocyte to become a neutro, eosin or basophil?

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7 days

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39
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What makes up myeloid precursors?

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granulocytes and monocytoid precursors

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40
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Which WBC can re-enter the blood stream directly?

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lymphocytes

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41
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What ways may reversible bone marrow abnormalities manifest themselves? (3)

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neutropenia (b/c of life span)
non-regenerative anemia
thrombocytopenia

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42
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What ways may irreversible bone marrow be manifested?

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cytopenia or unregulated proliferation (neoplasia)

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43
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What may be the causes of atrophy of the bone marrow?

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toxins, neoplasia, virus or protozoal infection or idiopathic

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44
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Which irreversible bone marrow abnormality is non-selective?

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atrophy of bone marrow

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45
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Which irreversible bone marrow abnormality is selective?

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hyperplasia of bone marrow

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46
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What are the causes of hyperplasia of bone marrow?

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inflammation, acute blood loss, hemolysis

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47
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Which syndrome is where one or more stem cells have maturation defects?

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myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

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48
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What effect does myelodysplastic syndrome have on the blood?

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cytopenias of the affected cell line

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49
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What conditions does selective MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome) lead to?

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non-regenerative anemia
leukopenia
thrombocytopenia

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50
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What does non-selective MDS lead to?

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aplastic pancytopenia

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51
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What is it called when normal hematopoietic tissue in bone marrow is replaced by abnormal tissue usually fibrous or malignant?

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myelopththisis

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52
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What disease is cancer of the bone marrow stem cells?

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Myeloproliferative disease (MDS)

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53
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How is MDS(maturation defect) different than acute MPD(cancer)?

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blast cell percentage in bone marrow is less than 30% in MDS

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54
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How is MDS different than chronic MPD?

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MDS will have leukopenia

55
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Which species is susceptible to MDS?

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cats

56
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What characterizes MPD (cancer) in the bone marrow?

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hypercellular bone marrow (one cell type)

distorted maturation sequence

57
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How is acute leukemia characterized?

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presence of more than 30% blast cells in marrow

short survival time (of animal)

58
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What characterizes chronic leukemia?

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high number of mature cells in blood and bone marrow

long survival time (of animal)

59
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Which dog breed takes 3 days to clear blood of lipids?

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mini schnauzer

60
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Low PCV + low protein =

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hemorrhagic anemia

61
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Low PCV + normal protein =

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hemolytic anemia

62
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Low PCV + high protein =

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inflammatory anemia (dyshemopoiesis)

63
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high PCV + high protein =

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dehydration (high albumin confirms)

64
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normal pcv + low protein =

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reduced protein production (liver dz)

increased protein loss

65
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long pink buffy coat means what?

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RBC regeneration (nucleated rbcs)

66
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What may cause horse plasma to be yellow besides jaundice?

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anorexia or illness

67
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MCV is within reference intervals means?

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normocytic

68
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MCV is above RI means?

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macrocytic

69
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MCV is below RI means?

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microcytic - iron deficiency anemia

70
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MCHC below RI means?

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Hypochromic - immature RBCs

71
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MCHC above RI means?

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Hyperchromic - artefactual

72
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Which RBC indices is the least accurate?

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MCH

73
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How do you calculate MCV?

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MCV = PCV*10/RBC in femtoliters

74
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How do you calculate MCHC?

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MCHC = Hb*100/PCV (%)

75
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What type of anemia always stays normocytic and normochromic?

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anemia from low RBC production (dyshemopoiesis)

76
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When do you see immature RBCs after hemorrhage or hemolysis?

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72 hours

77
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What types of anemia are microcytic and hypochromic?

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prolonged small losses of blood, no iron, regeneration poor

78
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What error in RBC indices may occur if there is inadequate centrifugation?

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artificially elevated PCV and lower MCHC

79
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What technique measures reticultocytes more accurately?

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flow cytometry

80
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What % of reticulocytes indicates RBC regeneration in ORP?

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greater than 3%

81
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What % for RBC regeneration using CRP (corrected reticulocyte percentage?

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greater than 1%

82
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What stains are used to stain RNA and identify reticulocytes, intracellular blood parasites and heinz bodies?

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new methylene blue

83
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What stain is is used for mast cells?

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Toludine blue

84
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What stain is used for iron storage?

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prussian

85
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What stain is used for fungal hypae and spores?

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periodic acid schiff (PAS)

86
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What species is rouleaux formation normal?

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horses, dogs, cats

87
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What conditions are considered if there is agglutination of RBCs in a smear?

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inflammatory dz, toxemia, immune mediated anemia

88
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Which species have normal anisocytosis?

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ruminants

89
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What term is used when RBCs stain blue?

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polychromasia (RNA from immature RBC)

90
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What does hypochromasia indicate?

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iron deficiency anemia

91
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What conditions increase holly jolly bodies?

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regenerative anemias and splenectomized animals

92
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What are holly jolly bodies made of?

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DNA remnants of nucleus

93
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What conditions/species have basophilic stippling in their RBCs?

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RBC regeneration especially ruminants

94
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What is the term used for abnormally shaped RBCs above 30%?

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poikilocytosis

95
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What species has type 1 echinocytes?

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ruminants

96
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What are type 2 echinocytes associated with?

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toxemia, electrolyte imbalance, snake bites, glomerularnephritis

97
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What is the term used for RBCs with a few blunt irregularly spaced projections?

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acanthocytes

98
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What condition makes acanthocytes occur?

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cholesterol/phospholipid ratio is altered on RBCs membrane

99
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What is the term used for RBCs that are small, dense and without central pallor?

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spherocytes

100
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What term is used for RBCs that are thin with an increased membrane to volume ratio?

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leptocytes (codocytes) - target cells

101
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What conditions are leptocytes usually seen?

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toxemias

iron deficiency anemia

102
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What are heinz bodies?

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denatured clumps of precipitated hemoglobin

103
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What can high amounts of heinz bodies transform a RBC into after removal?

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spherocyte

104
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What do avian blood smears have with a routine blood stain?

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polychromasia

105
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What do avian blood smears have with new methylene blue stain?

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up to 5% reticulocytosis

106
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What kind of reticulocytes do cats have?

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punctate and aggregate reticulocytes

107
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What term is used for an increase in all blood cells above RI?

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polycythemia

108
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What term is used for RBCs above RI?

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erythrocytosis

109
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What chronic diseases cause absolute pathological erythrocytosis?

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chronic lung or heart disease

110
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What type of erythrocytosis is associated with a myeloproliferative tumor(MPD)/erythrocytic sarcoma?

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absolute, pathological and primary

111
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What do dogs show during erythrocytic sarcoma?

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erythrocytosis in absence of dehydration, lung/heart dz, kidney disorder or high EPO. Also lots of immature RBCs in absence of anemia

112
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What do cats show that have erythrocytic sarcoma?

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non-regenerative anemia, severe, immature RBCs, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly

113
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What are the 3 mechanisms that lead to true anemia?

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hemorrhage
hemolysis
dyshemopoiesis

114
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What clinical signs are present when there is a sudden rapid loss of blood?

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collapse, hemorrhagic shock or heart failure

115
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What is pure red cell aplasia?

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dyshemopoietic anemia effecting only RBC precursors

116
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What is aplastic pancytopenia?

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non-selective simultaneous destruction of all stem cells in bone marrow

117
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What are the 2 types of primary dyshemopoietic anemia?

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pure red cell aplasia

aplastic pancytopenia

118
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What pathologies cause secondary dyshemopoiesis?

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inflammation, infection, endocrine disorders, neoplasia

119
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What is the most common mechanism of non regenerative anemia?

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anemia of inflammatory disease (AID) - body sequesters iron in response to inflammation

120
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What is a classic example of AID in small animals?

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chronic renal failure –> low EPO

121
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What is the main difference between primary and secondary dyshemopoiesis

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primary - bone marrow failure

secondary - iron sequestration

122
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Which drug toxicity in particular can lead to reversible bone marrow abnormality?

A

estrogen

123
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What does suffix -penia mean?

A

decrease/deficiency

124
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What is monocytopoiesis regulated by?

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granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)

125
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What is granulopoiesis regulated by?

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G-CSF

126
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What are schistocytes?

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erythrocyte fragments with sharp extremities when there is turbulent blood flow

127
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What are blast cells?

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very big, high nuclear to cytoplasmic ratio, pale nucleui, one to several nucleoli and blue cytoplasm

128
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What does the prefix -cytosis mean?

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increase in those cells

129
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Where does hemopoiesis occur in adult animals?

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flat bones and epiphysis of long bones

130
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What indicates RBC regeneration in horse?

A

mild macrocytic

131
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Band cells are precursors of what 3 cells?

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neutro, eosinophil, and basophil

132
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Monocytes are precursors of what cell?

A

macrophage

133
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What are the 3 primary RBC tests for an erythrogram?

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PCV, Hb, and RBC count

134
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What are specific diseases that indicate a CBC should be done?

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babesiosis
heartworm
leukemia

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