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: 147438	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100639	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102401	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94337
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97452	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97908	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91246	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102628
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101649	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102948	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102860	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102464
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103010	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102849	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103313	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101166
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111437	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111662	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111314	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120337
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110342	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107824	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106011	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103638
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101120	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 126788

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease