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: 136249	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93188	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94718	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87303
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90387	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90640	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84162	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94466
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93690	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94904	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94989	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94382
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95022	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94671	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95039	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93033
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101649	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101886	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101354	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109703
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101474	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99004	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97607	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95516
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93027	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116848

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease