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: 3770	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3275	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3112	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2811
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2860	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2787	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2679	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3263
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3278	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3338	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3168	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3211
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3229	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3255	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3289	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3071
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3382	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3284	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3500	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3427
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3415	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3292	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3148	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3234
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3101	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3175

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease