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Urinalysis & Hematology Flashcards

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Urine Preservation

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  • Centrifuge immediately for microscopic evaluation
  • Can refrigerate for 2-12 hours, but bring to room temp before testing
  • Freezing can be done for chemistry but will destroy cells
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Continence

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Storing of urine in the bladder as it fills

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Oliguria

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Decrease in urine

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Pollakiuria

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Frequent urination

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Polyuria

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Urinating large volumes

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Urine Transparency
Exceptions

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Generally will be clear, but exceptions include
* horses: calcium carbonate crystals and mucus present
* rabbit / hamster / guinea pig: calcium salts present
* cats: fat present
* cattle: calcium carbonate crystals will form in older urine

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USG

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Urine Specific Gravity
* assesses how well renal tubules concentrate / dilute filtrates from glomerulus
* how well kidneys maintain water and osmotic pressure
* will decrease as temp increased

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Isosthenuria

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  • “Fixed SG”
  • 1.008 - 1.012
  • neither diluted or concentrated
  • same glomerular filtrate as plasma
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Hyposthenuria

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  • SG < 1.008
  • urine diluted below SG of plasma
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Hypersthenuria

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  • SG > 1.012
  • Urine concentrated more than SG of plasma
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Urine pH

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Body’s acid-base balance
* acidic = pH <7
* alkaline = pH >7

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Urine pH
Affects of Diet

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  • Herbivores: alkaline (unless nursing)
  • Carnivores: acidic
  • Omnivores: can be either
  • General: less acidic after meals (alkaline tide)
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Urine pH
Open / Standing

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Leads to false increases in pH
* loss of CO2
* bacteria quickly multiply

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Urine Protein

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  • Normal: none or trace
  • Indicator for renal disease, especially if casts seen
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Urine Protein
False Readings

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False-Positive
* alkaline / highly concentrated urine
* strip left in urine too long

False-Negative
* globulins causing increased protein

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UPC

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Urine Protein-to-Creatinine Ratio
* confirm proteinuria
* lower level of detection

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Urine Glucose

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Depend on glucose levels in blood
* normal: none
* occurs when renal threshold reached

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Urine Glucose
False-Positives

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  • Fear
  • Stress
  • Excitement
  • Recommend to fast prior to test
  • Certain drugs
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Urine Ketones

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Produced during fat metabolism
* important source of energy
* very small amount found in blood
* excess metabolism will cause ketones to spill into urine

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Urine Ketones
Increased

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Excess Ketones are toxic
* CNS depression
* acidosis

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Urine Ketones
and Glucose

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Ketosis associated with hypoglycemia
* high glucose demands
* pregnancy and diabetes-associated diseases

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Urine
Urobilinogen

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Small amount in urine from breakdown of bilirubin
* majority eliminated in feces

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Urine
Bilirubin

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  • Only conjugated found in urine
  • Rough determination done by shaking urine and looking for yellow foam
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Urine Bilirubin
False Results

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  • Positives reliable in cats, but not dogs
  • False negatives: light will oxidize
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Urine
Blood

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When present
* evaluate blood serum or plasma
* evaluate urine supernatant

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Urine
Hematuria

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Associated with disease of urogenital tract
* supernatant cloudy (pre-centrifuge)
* supernatant colorless (post-centrifuge)

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Urine
Hemoglobinuria

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Indicates intravascular hemolysis
* urine and plasma / serum will be reddish

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Urine
Myoglobinuria

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Indicates pathological condition of muscle or overexertion
* blood plasma will be colorless
* spun urine supernatant will be reddish

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Urine WBC
False Readings

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  • Cats = false-positives
  • Dogs = false-negatives
  • False-negatives = increased glucose and USG
  • False-positives = old urine
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Urine
WBC

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Most WBCs in urine are Neutrophils
* larger than RBCs
* smaller than epithelial cells

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Urine
Epithelial Cells

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  • Squamous
  • Transitional
  • Renal
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Urine Cell

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Squamous Epithelial Cell
* largest cells in urine
* come from urethra, vagina, and vulva
* irregular-shapped
* partially or fully cornified
* small round nuclei may be present
* not significant finding

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Urine Cell

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Transitional Epithelial Cells
* come from bladder, ureters, renal pelvis, urethra
* variation in size and shape
* may be increased with catheterization
* see with inflammation or neoplasia

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Urine Cell

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Renal Epithelial Cell
* come from renal tubules
* slightly larger than WBCs - can be difficult to distinguish from
* round with large nucleus

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Urine
Casts

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Formed by and take the cylindrical shape of kidney tubules
* acidic environments
* presence of protein
* increased flow time through tubules
* increased salt concentration

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Urine Cast
Degradation Order

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  • Hyaline
  • Tubular / Cellular
  • Coarse Granular
  • Fine Granular
  • Waxy
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Urine Cast

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Hyaline Cast
* clear / colorless
* composed of protein
* rounded ends
* mimick mucus strands
* few seen can be normal
* mildest form of renal irritation

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Urine Cast

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Cellular Cast
* contain cells from renal epithelium
* usually always significant

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Urine Cast

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Granular Casts
* most common
* coarse vs fine

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Urine Cast

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Waxy Cast
* wide with square ends
* “brittle” appearance

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Urine Crystal

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Struvite
* triple phosphate: magniesium ammonium phosphate
* “coffin lids”
* form in alkaline urine
* associated with bacteria

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Urine Crystal

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Amorphous Phosphate / Urate
* phosphates: colorless and granular; found in alkaline urine
* urates: brown color; found in acidic urine

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Urine Crystal

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Ammonium Biurate
* round and brown with long spicules
* see with liver disease or shunts
* common in dalmatians

44
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Urine Crystal

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Calcium Carbonate
* only in horse and rabbit urine
* dumbbell, oval, or wheel-like with radial striations

45
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Urine Crystals

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Calcium Oxalate
* small and colorless
* dumbbell or ring shape with X in the center
* form in acidic urine
* dihydrate vs monohydrate

46
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Dihydrate Calcium Oxalate Crystals

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  • Found in healthy animals
  • Square with X in center
47
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Monohydrate Calcium Oxalate Crystals

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  • Associated with ethylene glycol toxicity
  • “hemp seed” appearance
48
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Urine Crystal

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Tyrosine
* spiculated and spindle shape
* found in acidic urine
* indicates hepatic disease

49
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Urine Crystal

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Cystine
* flat and hexagon shape
* found in acidic urine
* indicates hepatic disease or defect of cystine metabolism

50
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Urine Crystal

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Leucine
* small and round with sectioned centers
* found in acidic urine
* indicates hepatic disease

51
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Urine Crystal

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Bilirubin
* common in concentrated dog samples
* may form in standing urine - warming may dissolve them

52
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Urine
Parasite Ova

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Pearsonema plica
* bladder worm

53
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Urine
Parasite Ova

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Dioctophyma renale
* giant kidney worm

54
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Blood Anticoagulants
EDTA

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  • Preferred
  • Causes least changes in cell morphology
  • Prolonged storage will degrade cells
  • Lyses cells in certain reptiles and birds
55
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Blood Anticoagulants
Heparin

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  • Preferred for birds and reptiles
  • Causes cellular distortion
  • Platelets readily clump
56
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Stress Leukogram

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SMILED
* segs and monocytes increased
* lymphocytes and eosinophils decreased
* develops over several hours and lasts for days

57
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Physiological Leukogram

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Fight or Flight” Induced
* increased segs and lymphocytes
* develops immediately and resolves within 30 minutes
* common in cats

58
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Relative Polycythemia

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Transient increase in RBCs
* no TP increase
* results from splenic contraction
* causes: exercose, epinephrine, dehydration

59
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Relative Anemia

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Dilution effect during fluid administration

60
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EDTA
Prolonged Blood Storage

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  • Neutrophil nuclear hypersegmentation
  • Lymphocyte nuclei indentation
  • Swelling of RBCs
  • Increase in MCV
61
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PCV and Hydration

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  • Dehydration = increased
  • Overhydration = decreased
62
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Hemoglobin

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Part of RBC that carrys O2 and CO2
* measured in g/dL
* PCV / 3

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RBC Estimate

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  • PCV / 6
  • Label with x10^6 /uL
64
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MCV

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Mean volume / size of RBCs
* PCV x 10 / RBC
* RBC = use single number before x10
* answer in fL

65
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Macrocytosis

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Increased MCV
* reticulocytes and larger RBCs present
* sign of regeneration

66
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Microcytosis

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Decreased MCV
* iron deficiency
* shunts
* RBC production defects

67
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Normocytosis

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Normal sized RBCs

68
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Anisocytosis

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Varying cell size
* broad term - not typically used
* common in cats and bovine

69
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MCH

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Weight of hemoglobin per RBC
* Hgb x 10 / RBC
* RBC = use single number before x10
* answer in pg
* less accurate than MCHC

70
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MCHC

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Concentration of hemoglobin per RBC
* color of RBC
* Hgb x 100 / PCV
* answer in g/dL
* more accurate than MCH

71
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Hypochromasia

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Decreased MCHC
* increased central pallor
* decreased hemoglobin
* iron deficiency
* increased reticulocytes present

72
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Hyperchromasia

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Increased MCHC
* usually artifacts
* not a term used

73
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Normochromasia

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Normal MCHC

74
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Reticulocytes

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  • Immature RBCs
  • Called polychromatophils when stained
  • Assesses bone marrow response to anemia
  • Horses don’t release from bone marrow
  • Cats have two forms
75
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Cat Reticulocyte

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Aggregate
* counted
* numerous, larger clumps

Punctate
* not counted
* single, smaller dots

76
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NRBCs

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Nucleated RBCs that interfere with WBC count
* correct WBC count when 5 NRBCs are seen
* (WBC Count x 100) / (100 + NRBC Count)
* normally seen in bird and reptile blood

77
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Thrombocytes

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Anuclear cytoplasmic fragments from bone marrow megakaryocytes
* nucleated in non-mammalian species
* may be in clumps (cats)
* mutiple average number per 10 fields by 20,000

78
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RBC Formation

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Rouleaux
* RBCs arranged like stacks of coins
* common in horses and cats
* increase = inflammation or neoplasia
* separates with saline

79
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RBC Formation

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Agglutination
* clumping of RBCs
* seen with IMHA
* will not disperse with saline

80
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RBC Inclusion

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Basophilic Stippling
* variable size and number of blue granules throughout RBC
* see with lead poisoning
* sign of regeneration

81
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RBC Inclusions

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Heinz Bodies
* single protrusion from RBC edge
* oxidative injury - denaturing of hemoglobin
* associated with hemolytic anemia

82
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RBC Inclusion

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Howell Jolly Bodies
* singular, round inclusion within RBC
* remnant
* sign of regeneration

83
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Poikilocytosis

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Variation in RBC shape
* general term
* common in swine, goats, and cattle

84
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RBC Infectious Agent

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Cytauxzoon felis
* oval / ring-shaped inclusion
* blue nucleus

85
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RBC Infectious Agent

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Babesia
* oval/round or teardrop shaped inclusions

86
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RBC Infectious Agent

A

Trypanosoma

87
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A

Acanthocytes
* “spur cells”
* varying number of unevenly spaced blunt projections
* see with liver diseases

88
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A

Keratocyte
* “blister cell”
* oxidative injury
* iron deficiency

89
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Dacrocyte
* teardrop shaped
* bone marrow disorders
* iron deficiency in ruminants
* kidney and splenic disorders in dogs

90
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A

Eccentrocyte
* oxidative injury
* hemolytic diseases

91
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A

Echinocytes
* “burr cells”
* evenly spaced blunt projections
* renal disease
* rattle snake bites

92
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A

Ghost Cells
* devoid of hemoglobin
* results from recent intravascular hemolysis

93
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A

Leptocytes
* target cells = codocytes
* bar cells = knizocytes
* liver conditions
* iron deficiency
* IMHA

94
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A

Schistocytes
* RBC fragments
* intravascular shearing
* DIC
* iron deficiency

95
Q
A

Spherocytes
* IMHA

96
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Neutrophils

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  • Most numerous WBC
  • Second numerous in cattle
  • Called heterophils in avians and reptiles
  • Called pseudoeosinophils in rabbits and rodents
97
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A

Pelger Huet Anomaly
* hyposegmented, bilobed WBC
* can be neutrophils or eosinophils
* nonpathological disease or result of chemo

98
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A

Dohle Body
* small, blue/grey inclusion
* mild toxemia
* more common in cats and horses

99
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Lymphocytes
Cattle

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More lymphocytes present than neutrophils

100
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TP

A

Combination of proteins produced by the liver
* globulin = larger than albumin and vary in size
* albumin = most abundant
* abnormals = diseases in tissues that deal with proteins

101
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Total Protein
Hypo vs Hyper

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Hyperproteinemia
* dehydration
* inflammation
* neoplasia

Hypoproteinemia
* loss of protein

102
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Primary Hemostasis

A
  • Interactions between platelets and vessel walls
  • Disorders cause prolonged bleeding, petechia, ecchymosis (bruising)
  • Lab Tests: Platelet Count and BMBT
103
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Secondary Hemostasis

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Involves coagulation factors
* proteins produced primarily by liver
* disorders = delayed hemorrhage, large hematomas, internal bleeding
* extrinsic vs intrinsic vs common
* lab tests = ACT, aPTT, PT

104
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Extrinsic Pathway

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  • Initiates coagulation cascade
  • Test PT evaluates this
105
Q

ACT and aPTT
Pathways

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  • Intrinsic
  • Common

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