RBC Indicies and Anemia

Question 1

When do Hollow Jolly Bodies occur?

Answer 1

During accelerated erythropoiesis

Question 2

What do Hollow Jolly Bodies indicate?

Answer 2

A regenerative anemia

Question 3

Nuclear remnant are related to what?

Answer 3

Hollow Jolly Bodies

Question 4

How does basophilic stippling appear?

Answer 4

Deep blue dots

Question 5

What are caused by lead poisoning (most commonly from ceramics from Mexico)?

Answer 5

Basophilic stippling

Question 6

Distemper viral inclusion bodies aid in the diagnosis of what?

Answer 6

Distemper

Question 7

What do Heinz bodies appear as?

Answer 7

Round blue protrusions

Question 8

Denatured hemoglobin in Heinz bodies is due to what?

Answer 8

Zinc, oxidant drugs, and chemicals

Question 9

What percentage is a normal amount of Heinz bodies for cats?

Answer 9

5%

Question 10

Babesia is what type of organism?

Answer 10

Protozoan

Question 11

Canines are affected by what form of babesia?

Answer 11

B. Canis and B. Gibsoni

Question 12

How are babesia parasites transmitted in dogs?

Answer 12

Ticks

Question 13

Another name for Babesia is?

Answer 13

Piroplasm

Question 14

Felines are affected by what babesia?

Answer 14

B. Felis

Question 15

Horses are affected by what babesia?

Answer 15

B. Equi

Question 16

How does babesia appear?

Answer 16

Maltese cross

Question 17

How is babesia transmitted in horses?

Answer 17

By dermacentor ticks

Question 18

B. Bigemina =

Answer 18

Texas cattle fever

Question 19

B. Bovis =

Answer 19

Red water fever

Question 20

Reasons for anemia

Answer 20

Decreased production

Increased production

Condition that involves O2 carrying capacity of RBCs

Question 21

Clinical signs of anemia

Answer 21

Pale mucous membrane

Lethargic

Increased respiratory rate

Collapse

Question 22

Most common types of anemia

Answer 22

Hemolytic

Hemorrhagic

Iron deficiency

Production disorders

Question 23

Is anemia a diagnosis?

Answer 23

No

Question 24

Are reticulocytes present in regenerative anemia?

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

How long is does it take for a response with Regenerative Anemia?

Answer 25

4-7 days

Question 26

Do horses release reticulocytes with regenerative anemia?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

Are reticulocytes present with nonregenerative anemia?

Answer 27

No

Question 28

Nonregenerative anemia =

Answer 28

Usually bone marrow disorder

Question 29

Reticulocytes =

Answer 29

Immature RBCs

Question 30

How to reticulocytes appear?

Answer 30

Clumps of blue granules

Question 31

What stain is used on reticulocytes?

Answer 31

NMB (which is…?)

Question 32

Normal reticulocyte ranges for dogs?

Answer 32

0-1.5%

Question 33

Normal reticulocyte ranges for cats?

Punctate & aggregate

Answer 33

Punctate: 1.5-10%
Aggregate: up to 0.4%

Question 34

What species do you count aggregate with?

Answer 34

Cats

Question 35

Reticulocyte count procedure requires what?

Answer 35

Equal amounts whole blood and NMB

Question 36

How long do you wait on a reticulocyte count?

Answer 36

10-15 minutes then make the blood smear

Question 37

Calculation in reticulocyte counts?

Answer 37

in 10 fields / 10

Question 38

Absolute reticulocyte count =

Answer 38

Reticulocyte % times RBC Count

Question 39

What indicates strong regenerative anemia?

Answer 39

nRBCs

Question 40

What stage are nRBCs in?

Answer 40

Metarubricyte