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: 4456	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3924	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3789	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3710
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3728	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3677	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3586	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3984
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3974	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3975	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3894	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3898
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3935	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3947	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3943	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3754
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4448	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4413	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4589	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 4499
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 4121	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3960	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3834	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3914
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3794	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3864

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease