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: 3481	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3012	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2894	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2556
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2629	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2582	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2466	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3012
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3044	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3084	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2928	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2953
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2951	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3051	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3047	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2853
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3126	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3064	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3251	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3135
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3140	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3109	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2891	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2996
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2871	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2929

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease