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: 95300	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63797	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64717	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57782
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60039	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 60607	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55891	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64572
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64092	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65070	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65539	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64564
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65513	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65388	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65181	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63549
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66522	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 67045	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66655	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72158
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70032	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67837	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66914	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64856
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63765	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82940

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease