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: 3593	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3117	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2996	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2666
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2727	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2662	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2558	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3114
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3137	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3194	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3022	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3060
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3062	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3134	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3151	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2936
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3221	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3157	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3354	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3252
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3254	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3177	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2989	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3089
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2958	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3028

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease