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: 7449	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6884	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6644	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6599
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6501	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6536	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 6415	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7015
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6943	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7017	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7002	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6809
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6860	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6828	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6725	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6567
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7855	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7742	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7943	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7814
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7081	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6826	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6785	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6858
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6697	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 6794

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease