External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3754	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3259	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3098	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2791
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2841	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2766	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2658	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3247
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3256	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3315	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3146	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3189
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3209	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3233	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3269	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3051
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3354	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3263	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3480	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3410
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3395	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3272	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3126	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3215
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3080	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3163

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease