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: 135573	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92832	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94341	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86970
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90034	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90279	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83818	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94022
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93231	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94458	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94581	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93931
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94571	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94233	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94558	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92531
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101115	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101404	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100868	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109132
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100978	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98525	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97142	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95079
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92618	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116233

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease