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: 4502	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3968	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3842	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3760
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3771	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3731	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3637	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4030
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4023	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4023	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3944	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3946
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3988	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3991	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3993	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3801
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4514	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4484	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4656	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4569
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4167	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4004	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3883	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3963
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3848	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3912

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease