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: 136266	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93198	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94722	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87306
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90393	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90646	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84166	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94470
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93698	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94914	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94999	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94389
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95033	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94678	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95058	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93046
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101662	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101894	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101364	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109706
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101485	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99011	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97612	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95524
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93033	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116857

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease