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: 3513	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3045	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2930	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2583
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2659	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2610	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 2502	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3038
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3073	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3111	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2952	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2994
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2980	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3084	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3079	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2881
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3152	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3095	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3280	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 3169
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3176	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3134	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2921	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 3031
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2894	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 2958

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease