Test 1: Specific Cells & Indications Flashcards
What can cause Heinz body formation
in dogs?
Onion/garlic
Cephalosporins
Zinc (penny) toxicosis
In horses,
Phenothiazines
and
Wilted Red Maple Leaves
can cause the formation of this
Heinz bodies
What can cause Heinz body formation
in cattle?
Kale and onion ingestion
Which species is particularly vulnerable to
copper toxicosis which can result in
Heinz body formation?
Sheep (released when stressed)
What can cause Heinz body formation
in a cat?
Onion/Garlic
Acetaminophin!
What is an
Acanthocyte
indicative of in a dog? In a cat?
Dog- Hemangiosarcoma
Cat- Hepatic lipidosis
What could potentially cause
Schistocyte formation?
Hemangiosarcoma or DIC
What is a spherocyte indicative of, especially
if found in a dog?
IMHA
Keratocytes
are only seen in this disease
Iron-Deficiency Anemia
In what species is
basophilic stippling
a normal finding?
Ruminants
In small animals,
what is basophilic stippling
indicative of?
Lead poisoning
What are 3 things that can
account for Nucleated RBCs?
Regenerative Anemia
Splenectomy
Corticosteroids
Howell-Jolly Bodies
indicate what organ dysfunction?
Spleen is non-functional
or
Splenectomy
What type of anemia
is indicated by presence of
Polychromasia?
Regenerative Anemia
(Blood loss or blood destruction)
A dog gets bit by a rattlesnake.
What type of cell do you expect to see
upon hematology?
Echinocytes