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: 149566	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101930	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103720	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95588
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98781	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99253	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92427	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103947
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102897	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104301	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104146	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103751
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104273	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104166	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104582	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102458
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113043	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113307	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112897	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122161
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111815	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109237	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107469	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104978
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102344	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128758

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease