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: 7050	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6451	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6235	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6183
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6117	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6150	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6021	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6584
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6536	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6597	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6508	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6398
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6435	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6440	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6349	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6175
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7353	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7260	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7500	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7390
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6649	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6425	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6368	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6457
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6288	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6400

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease