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: 134919	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92380	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93910	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86588
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89640	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89915	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83454	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93586
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92776	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94003	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94128	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93511
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94126	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93762	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94075	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92077
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100613	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100904	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100420	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108574
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100474	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98041	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96638	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94616
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92152	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115654

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease