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: 147503	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100679	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102444	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94376
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97502	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97946	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91297	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102675
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101700	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103000	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102905	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102507
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103066	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102896	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103358	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101219
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111497	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111731	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111359	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120399
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110393	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107875	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106065	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103691
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101159	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126849

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease