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: 122418	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82694	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83998	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74491
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77396	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77577	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71698	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83487
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82722	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83892	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84136	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83641
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84264	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84027	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84015	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82178
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85762	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86245	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85897	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92960
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90227	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87664	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86415	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84385
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82319	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105191

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease