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: 3950	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3451	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3278	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2989
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3012	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2951	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2845	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3456
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3460	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3507	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3350	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3405
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3416	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3457	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3464	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3260
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3580	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3473	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3681	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3609
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3602	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3472	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3330	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3416
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3304	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3367

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease