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: 151966	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103335	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105193	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97064
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100367	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100854	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93829	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105401
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104368	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105689	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105519	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105119
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105728	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105567	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106038	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103892
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114862	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115148	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114711	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 124250
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113603	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110875	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109027	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106454
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103877	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131131

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease