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: 144994	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99000	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100718	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92774
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95811	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96247	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89688	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100953
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99987	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101315	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101232	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100838
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101353	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101256	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101730	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99556
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109587	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109788	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109430	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118256
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108512	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105972	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104199	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101977
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99404	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124550

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease