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: 118835	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79819	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81106	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71909
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74755	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74904	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69159	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80707
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79933	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81029	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81368	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80681
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81593	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81245	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81313	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79353
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83000	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83357	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83028	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89880
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87321	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84695	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83588	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81510
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79534	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101971

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease