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: 124576	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84514	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85792	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76205
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79133	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79268	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73379	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85275
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84544	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85673	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85907	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85428
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86069	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85788	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85780	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84016
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87764	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88242	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87867	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95014
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91988	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89548	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88272	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86191
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84110	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107181

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease