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: 174974	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119900	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122051	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111157
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114711	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115121	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106554	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121467
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120448	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121387	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121078	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120655
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121239	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121230	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122159	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119810
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132297	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132813	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132394	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 143961
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 131505	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128234	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126200	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123348
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120298	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 150966

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease