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: 3517	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3048	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2934	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2590
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2663	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2616	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2506	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3044
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3078	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3119	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2960	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2997
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2990	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3087	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3088	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2890
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3156	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3100	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: 3177
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3181	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3138	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2923	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3035
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2897	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2965

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease