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: 128071	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86653	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88059	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78852
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81819	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81982	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75851	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87467
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86694	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87855	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88057	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87532
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88332	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87996	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87997	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86197
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90672	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91274	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90784	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98249
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94373	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91971	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90607	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88469
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86287	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110059

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease