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1
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What blood components are disintegrated when hemolysis occurs?

A

Red blood cells

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2
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If a patient experiences diarrhea due to Trichuris vulpis, when should the veterinary technician advise a follow-up fecal examination and deworming?

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3 months

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3
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What anticoagulant is the most effective preservative for use in blood glucose testing?

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Sodium Fluoride

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4
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A 10 year old female poodle has just finished a 2 week course of antibiotics for a urinary tract infection. Which urine collection method is preferred for follow-up testing in this patient?

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Cystocentesis

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5
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Which fecal floatation solution is preferred when testing for the presence of Giardia?

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Zinc Sulfate

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6
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Which immunoglobulin is present in the greatest concentration in the bloodstream?

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IgG

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7
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which immunoglobulin is the first antibody made to fight new infection, mainly found in blood and lymph.

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IgM

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8
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what immunoglobulin is 75% of serum antibodies, found in all body fluids, help against bacteria and viruses.

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IgG

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9
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what immunoglobulin is mainly found on mucous membranes.

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IgA

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10
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what immunoglobulin has small amounts in blood, MYSTERIOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN.

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IgD

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11
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Given a PCV of 42%, what is the estimated hemoglobin value?

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14g/dl

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12
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how do you find hemoglobin?

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Hemoglobin = PCV/3

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13
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What would likely be seen on a urinalysis and CBC of a patient with significant dehydration but that is otherwise healthy?

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Increased urine SG and increased PCV

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14
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Which erythrocyte abnormality is seen in dogs with lead poisoning?

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Basophilic Stippling

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15
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Prolonged corticosteroid therapy in dogs is known to cause an increase in serum levels of which enzyme?

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Alkaline Phosphatase

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16
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What laboratory test evaluates kidney function and is a breakdown product of protein?

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BUN

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17
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what is a breakdown product of muscle?

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creatine

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18
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Hyaline casts:

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Are clear and colorless

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19
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In what species is ketonuria most commonly found?

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Bovine

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20
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A left shift refers to increased numbers of?

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Immature neutrophils

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21
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What is the component of urinalysis?

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Specific gravity

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22
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What is the noncellular portion of coagulated whole blood called after it has been centrifuged?

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Serum

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23
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What media is selective for gram-negative bacteria?

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MacConkey

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24
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Translocation can be defined as?

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The breakage of 2 chromosomes, resulting in an abnormal arrangement.

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25
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An MCV value above the normal reference range suggests?

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Macrocytosis

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26
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A variation in erythrocyte size is known as?

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Anisocytosis

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27
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elevated hematocrit

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Polycythemia

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28
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variation in cell shape

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Poikilocytosis

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29
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increase in amount of RBCs

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Erythrocytosis

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30
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Decreased total protein can suggest all the following except?
Dehydration, Renal disease, Overhydration, GI losses.

A

Dehydration

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31
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Pollakiuria is?

A

Urinate frequently, small volume voided

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32
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What is the primary function of fibrinogen?

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Hemostasis

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33
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Hemostasis is?

A

clotting

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34
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An ammonium biurate crystal is sometimes described as?

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Looking like a thorny apple

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35
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What part of the urinalysis is measured by a refractometer?

A

Protein

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36
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Calcium oxalate crystals are?

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Small squares that contain an X

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37
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A common finding on a stained blood smear from an animal with autoimmune hemolytic anemia is?

A

Spherocytosis

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38
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What species has Kurloff cells?

A

Guinea Pigs

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39
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Females have what sex chromosome designations?

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XX

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40
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The most common uroliths found in feline and canine urine are?

A

Struvite

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41
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Signs of immune-mediated thrombocytopenia include all of these except?
Petechiae, Ecchymoses, Thrombocytosis, Anemia

A

Thrombocytosis

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42
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pinpoint hemorrhage is?

A

Petechiae

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43
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area of bruising

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Ecchymoses

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44
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increase platelets

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Thrombocytosis

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45
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decreased RBC

46
Q

An example of specific immunity would be?

A

IgM antibodies to toxoplasmosis

47
Q

Which of the following is an example of a selective medium?
MacConkey, Mueller-Hinton, Trypticase soy agar with 5% sheep blood, Trypticase soy agar.

48
Q

What term is used to describe the ability of a test to determine true positives?

A

Sensitivity

49
Q

Which immunoglobulin is the first antibody produced in a primary immune response?

50
Q

Immunity that is generated by an animal’s immune system following exposure to a foreign antigen is referred to as?

A

active immunity

51
Q

The test that uses an enzyme that causes the conversion of hydrogen peroxide to hydrogen and oxygen what a bacterial colony is placed in the hydrogen peroxide is?

52
Q

A positive catalase test will be indicated by the presence of?

53
Q

The microscopic morphology of Streptococcus is described as?

A

coccus is chains

54
Q

Which of the following does not kill endospores?
Autoclaving, Incineration, Hot-air sterilization, Pasteurization

A

Pasteurization

55
Q

What bacterium is pleomorphic?

A

Corynebacterium

56
Q

In the gram stain procedure, the mordant is?

57
Q

Most bacteria grow best at pH?

58
Q

On a blood agar plate, an area of complete hemolysis is classified as?

59
Q

The humoral immune system involves?

60
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Centrifuging blood that has been collected in a plain (red-top) tube and allowed to clot

61
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A test done to help diagnose hyperthyroidism is

62
Q

Total protein levels are _______ in a dehydrated animal.

63
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It is useful to measure electrolyte values when an animal has

A

fluid loss

64
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When evaluating the liver of dogs and cats, AST should be evaluated in conjunction with

65
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what percentage of the glomeruli in both kidneys must be nonfunctional before serum mistry changes indicate renal disease?

66
Q

Kidney disease results in accumulation of metabolic waste in the blood, a condition known as

67
Q

The anticoagulant used to preserve blood glucose levels for blood chemistry analysis is

A

sodium fluoride

68
Q

When plasma is required for blood chemistry analysis, the anticoagulant of choice is

69
Q

measurement of blood levels or amylase and lipase is used to evaluate function of the

70
Q

Stress and epinephrine release in cats may cause an increase in

71
Q

Which of the following substances is a by-product of muscle metabolism, produced at a constant rate and filtered out by the renal glomeruli?

72
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Nonrenal causes of increased levels of urea might include

A

The amount of protein ingested

73
Q

A box of reagents for blood chemistry analysis labeled for storage at 8 degrees Celsius should be stored

A

in the fridge

74
Q

What gland is the most active producer of corticosteroids?

A

Adrenal glands

75
Q

The main function of bicarbonate is to

A

Maintain balanced body pH levels

76
Q

Icteric plasma is what color?

77
Q

Bile acids aid in the digestion of

78
Q

Amylase acts to break down

A

starches and glycogen

79
Q

What is the noncellular portion of anticoagulated whole blood called after it h centrifuged?

80
Q

what colour tube does plasma go in?

81
Q

what tube does serum go in?

82
Q

What RBC morphology is commonly found in horses?

A

Rouleaux formation

83
Q

Anisocytosis is defined as

A

variation of size among the same cell

84
Q

Polychromasia in an immature RBC will appear as a _______ on a blood smear stained with new methylene blue stain

A

reticulocytes

85
Q

The phagocytes the respond to an infection are?

A

Neutrophils

86
Q

An MCV value below the normal reference range suggests?

A

Microcytosis

87
Q

Denatured hemoglobin contained in RBCs is?

A

Heinz bodies

88
Q

Small nuclear fragments are?

A

Howell Jolly bodies

89
Q

variation in cell size is?

A

Anistocytosis

90
Q

an elevated hematocrit is most commonly associated with?

A

dehydration

91
Q

the anticoagulant of choice for avian and reptile hematology is?

A

Lithium heparin

92
Q

on a CBC all of the following findings can be expected in a patients with an infection, except?

A

Narrow buddy coat

93
Q

plasma is composed of?

A

90% water and 10% dissolved substances

94
Q

what group of animals would normally expect to find nucleated RBCs?

A

Parrot, turkey, iguana

95
Q

macrocytic anemia suggests?

A

bone marrow pathology

96
Q

phagocytes are a type of?

A

white blood cell

97
Q

what RBC indices indicates cell size?

98
Q

what pair is both agranulocytes?

A

Lymphocytes and monocytes

99
Q

the preferred sample for most blood chemistry tests is?

100
Q

the leukocytes most commonly associated with parasitic and allergic conditions is the?

A

eosinophil

101
Q

what is the buggy coat found on a refractometer?

102
Q

what anticoagulant is the first choice for coagulation studies?

A

sodium citrate

103
Q

spherocytes may be seen on a blood smear from a dog suffering from?

104
Q

what blood cell can have vacuoles in its cytoplasm when seen in peripheral blood from a healthy animal?

A

lymphocytes

105
Q

what is least likely to cause vaccine failure?

A

administration during anesthesia

106
Q

serology is the branch of science involved with detection of?

A

antibodies or antigens

107
Q

adaptive of specific immunity includes?

A

the response of the defenses of the body to a specific substance

108
Q

when T cells are processed in the ____ they develop specific antigen receptors on their cell membranes

109
Q

ELISA is an acronym for?

A

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

110
Q

the humoral immune system involves?

111
Q

the type of immunity that is the function of B cells that transform into plasma cells and produce protective proteins called antibodies agains antigens is

112
Q

T killer cells function to?

A

recognize cancer cells as abnormal cells and eliminate them

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