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: 117839	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79040	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80283	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71207
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74022	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74219	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68491	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79947
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79211	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80307	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80675	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79948
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80876	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80494	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80570	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78584
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82136	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82533	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82167	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89015
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86550	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83931	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82839	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80691
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78815	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101134

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease