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: 117985	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79156	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80411	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71306
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74118	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74311	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68599	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80046
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79322	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80408	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80764	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80046
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80963	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80600	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80666	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78693
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82262	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82673	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82303	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89154
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86667	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84034	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82944	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80808
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78922	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101246

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease