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: 119142	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80046	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81364	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72126
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74978	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75127	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69357	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80903
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80151	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81218	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81616	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80908
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81799	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81471	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81525	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79584
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83245	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83611	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83288	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90128
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87536	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84907	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83818	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81757
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79769	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102266

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease