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: 148008	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101035	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102770	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94675
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97835	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98282	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91557	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102986
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102036	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103353	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103247	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102845
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103389	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103226	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103677	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101540
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111910	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112154	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111738	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 120876
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110749	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108216	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106444	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104017
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101459	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127262

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease