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WBC Count and Differential Flashcards

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Consists of RBC count, indices, and differential, WBC count, PCV, TP, HgB, Platelet estimate, and retic count

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Complete Blood Count (CBC)

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A high WBC count is called

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leukocytosis

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3
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Low WBC count is called

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leukopenia

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4
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3 Phagocytic WBCs

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Monocytes, Eosinophils, and Neutrophils

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3 granulocytes

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Basophils, Eosinophils, and Neutrophils

BEN HAS A GRAINY SENSE OF HUMOR

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6
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Glass slide used to do a manual WBC count

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Hemacytometer

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WBC maturation process

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  1. Myeloblast
  2. Promyelocyte
  3. Myelocyte
  4. Metamyelocyte
  5. Band cells
  6. Neutrophils
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8
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Youngest form of WBC with large, round cell

Prominent nucleolus

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Myeloblast

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Has a perinuclear, clear zone (white)

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Promyelocyte

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May contain a single indentation

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Myelocyte

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Kidney shaped nucleus

Chromatin is granular and condensed

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Metamyelocyte

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12
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Horse-shoe shaped nucleus

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Band neutrophils

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13
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Multiple segments

Chromatin is very condensed

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Segmented Neutrophils

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14
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5 or more segments is

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hypersegmented

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15
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These have large, rod shaped granules

Look like red raspberries

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Eosinophils

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16
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Normal WBC in dogs

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6.0-17.0 x 10^3/mm3

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Normal WBC in cats

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5.5-19.5 x 10^3/mm3

18
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First line of defense of the leukocytes

Produces pyrogen that leads to inflammation and fever

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Neutrophils

19
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A lot of band cells

Presence of non-segmented neutrophils caused by inflammation

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Left Shift

20
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Neutrophils in avian patients

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Heterophils

21
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Bigger in size with a frothy cytoplasm

Have vacuoles with blue tint to cytoplasm

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Toxic cells

22
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Abundance of hypersegmented neutrophils

An increase in the number of mature neutrophils but no immature cells are present

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Right Shift

23
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Decrease in neutrophils

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Neutropenia

24
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Seen with allergic reactions

Deactivates histamines and release lysosomes to kill/damage parasites

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Eosinophils

25
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Causes acute allergic reactions by releasing histamines

Carry heparin to keep blood from clotting

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Basophils

26
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T Cells and B Cells

Agranular and mononuclear

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Lymphocytes

27
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These lymphocytes appear after an animal is vaccinated

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Reactive

28
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Highly phagocytic

Larger than other WBCs

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Monocytes

29
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When monocytes travel to tissues they are called

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Macrophages

30
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Parts of viruses in WBC and RBCs

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Canine Distemper Viral Inclusions

31
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Bacteria that infects granulocytes and monocytes

Spread by ticks or aquatic insects

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Ehrlichia

32
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Ehrlichia that affects horses

AKA Potomac Horse Fever

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Ehrlichia risitcii

33
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Looks like a bruise

Toxic neutrophils

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Doehle bodies

34
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An inherited abnormality that doesn’t harm the animal

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Pelger-huet anomaly

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