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: 125577	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85139	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86465	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76887
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79825	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79961	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74000	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85875
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85156	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86287	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86464	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86032
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86723	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86432	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86402	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84660
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88505	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88962	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88603	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95802
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92665	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90227	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88930	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86818
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84740	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107997

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease