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Red Blood Cells
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
08/21/2013

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Term
Canine RBC
Definition

Biconcave disc

 

central pallor

Term
Feline RBC
Definition

Round

 

no central pallor

Term
Reticulocytes
Definition

Immature RBC

 

stain with new methylene blue

 

cats have two kinds - punctuate and aggregate 

Term
Rouleaux
Definition

Stacks of RBCs

 

monolayer 

Term
Agglutination
Definition
Irregular aggregates of RBCs
Term
Anisocytosis
Definition

Variation in size of cells

 

normal in bovine blood

Term
Normocytic
Definition
Normal sized cells
Term
Macrocytes
Definition
Larger than normal cells
Term
Microcytes
Definition
smaller than normal cells
Term
Normochromic
Definition
Normal stain color
Term
Polychromasia
Definition
Staining different colors
Term
Hypochromasia
Definition
Lighter color stain
Term
Hyperchromasia
Definition
Darker color stain
Term
Polikilocytosis
Definition
Varied shapes of cells
Term
Schistocytes
Definition
Pieces of cells
Term
Acanthocytes (spur cells)
Definition
Irregular cells that are spiked uneven
Term
Echinocytes (burr cells)
Definition

Even spiked cells

 

tech error

Term
Drepanocytes
Definition
Sickle cells
Term
Keratocytes (helmet, blister, bite cells)
Definition
Have one vacuole on side
Term
Spherocytes
Definition
Rounded cells with no central pallor
Term
Leptocytes (codocytes or target cells)
Definition
Look like a target
Term
Stomatocytes (folded cells)
Definition
Slit down the middle
Term
Anulocytes
Definition
Bowl shaped
Term
Dacryocytes
Definition

Tear drop shaped

 

artifact when facing same way

Term
Howell jolly bodies
Definition
Basophilic on cell center
Term
Heinz body
Definition
Basophilic on outside edge of cell
Term
Basophilic Stippling
Definition

Small dark blue bodies in cells

 

Represents residual RNA

Term
Mycoplasma Haemofelis
Definition
Epicellular bacterial parasite of feline red cells that can cause hemolytic anemia
Term
Mycoplasma Haemocanis
Definition
Blood transfusion with and infected dog
Term
Anaplasmosis
Definition
Disease in cattle caused by the rickesttsial parasites
Term
Cytauxzoon Felis
Definition

Protozoal parasite that causes fatal disease in cats

 

Infection of the red cells resulting in hemolytic anemia 

Term
B. Canis and B. Gibsoni
Definition

Protozoal parasite that infects the red cells and can produce hemolytic anemia

 

Transmission through the brown dog tick

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