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: 3526	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3059	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2943	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2598
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2672	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2625	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2509	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3057
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3084	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3127	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2967	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3004
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2998	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3090	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3096	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2895
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3164	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3107	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3296	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3184
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3191	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3144	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2930	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3045
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2906	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2972

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease