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: 170530	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116251	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118244	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107667
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111009	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 111511	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103170	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117876
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116792	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117750	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117518	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117143
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117702	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117709	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118515	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116294
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 127930	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128428	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128012	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 139449
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127804	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124544	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122486	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119605
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116640	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 146955

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease