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: 114413	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76715	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77912	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69119
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71791	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72005	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66577	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77636
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76878	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78016	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78376	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77783
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78557	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78089	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78230	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76172
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79800	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80099	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79713	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86408
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84099	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81532	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80411	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78278
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76524	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98338

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease