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: 3489	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3022	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2904	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2566
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2639	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2592	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2475	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3020
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3055	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3092	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2934	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2974
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2956	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3062	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3054	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2862
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3133	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3074	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3259	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3147
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3153	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3115	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2898	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3012
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2878	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2939

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease