Your instructor will provide you with a blood typing kit. You will place samples

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Your instructor will provide you with a blood typing kit. You will place samples of type A. B AB and O blood in wells or slides then mix them with Anti-A. Anti-B and Anti-D (Rh) serum. 20. Describe your results below by filling in the table with a short description or if agglutination occurred or not Blood Type Anti-A Anti-B Anti-D AB A complete blood count looks at the components of blood including erythrocyte, leukocyte, and thrombocyte numbers as well as the total amount of hemoglobin and the percentage of erythrocytes in blood (hematocrit). The CBC will also look at the average red blood cell size (MCV), the amount of hemoglobin per red blood cell (MCH) and the amount of hemoglobin relative to the size of the erythrocyte (MCHC). In general, what would you expect to see in a CBC in the following conditions? 21. a. Parasitic infection b. Viral infection c. Immune reaction (allergic reaction) d. Anemia

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Elevated white blood cell counts and Low platelet counts indicates parasitic infection, Low white blood cells counts indicates viral infections, Low platelet counts, low red blood cell and low hematocrits indicates anemia, Low red blood cell counts, Low hematocrits, a low MCV, a low MCHa and a low MCHC indicates anemia.

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