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: 158470	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107263	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109307	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100244
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103541	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104031	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96647	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109489
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108419	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109748	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109511	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109237
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109767	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109632	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110244	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108029
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119012	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119302	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118893	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 129030
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118299	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115240	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113349	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110696
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107927	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 137046

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease