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: 8529	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7932	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7667	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7598
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7517	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7573	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 7417	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8038
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8001	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8063	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8046	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7849
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7891	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7873	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7769	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7601
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9000	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8864	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 9038	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 8919
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 8117	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7919	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7809	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7891
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7751	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 7815

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease