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: 135204	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92603	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94121	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86781
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89841	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90092	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83644	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93796
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93016	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94230	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94352	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93706
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94327	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93995	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94296	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92282
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100840	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101141	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100626	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108854
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100721	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98269	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96883	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94854
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92380	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115904

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease