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: 3772	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: 2814
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: 2788	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2682	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3265
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3279	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: 3170	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3213
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3232	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3256	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3290	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3074
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3383	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3285	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3502	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3428
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3417	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: 3151	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3237
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3103	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3175

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease