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: 8063	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7475	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7202	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7171
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7061	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7131	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7001	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7592
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7540	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7607	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7602	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7402
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7440	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7424	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7298	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7135
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8510	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8388	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8575	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8435
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7679	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7452	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7363	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7439
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7294	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7372

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease