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: 139548	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95373	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96869	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89343
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92379	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92777	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86313	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96987
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96091	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97387	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97387	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96848
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97514	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97177	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97617	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95575
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104945	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105029	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104594	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113260
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104213	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101764	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100160	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98004
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95456	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119809

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease