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: 173595	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118875	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121009	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110204
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 113679	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114085	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105598	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120466
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119430	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120360	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120103	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119723
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120314	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120294	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121124	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118802
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130893	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 131357	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 130942	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 142521
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 130501	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127204	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125157	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122322
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119305	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 149731

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease