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: 141276	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96706	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98264	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90707
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93687	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94158	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87762	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98528
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97577	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98928	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98862	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98449
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99005	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98803	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99294	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97126
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107097	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107222	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106770	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115468
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105846	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103328	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101635	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99520
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97002	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121561

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease