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: 79079	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54278	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55052	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 49225
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 51386	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 51879	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 48184	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55079
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54361	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55201	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55744	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54856
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55494	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55585	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55307	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 53865
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56975	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57297	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57323	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61405
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 59356	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 57494	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 56741	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 55282
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 54352	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69356

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease