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: 135138	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92545	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94073	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86727
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89800	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90050	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83591	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93748
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92957	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94180	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94304	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93665
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94274	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93937	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94246	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92235
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100780	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101093	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100578	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108785
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100671	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98207	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96813	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94801
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92325	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115827

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease