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: 98295	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65734	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66651	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59519
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61908	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62439	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57624	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66584
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66083	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67056	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67457	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66619
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67454	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67339	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67168	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65556
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68571	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69050	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68720	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74376
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72171	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70026	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68953	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66904
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65691	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85443

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease