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: 129618	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87984	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89396	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82533
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85535	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85779	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79472	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88871
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88094	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89324	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89410	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88897
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89666	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89323	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89388	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87542
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95053	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95524	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102815
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95718	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93326	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91965	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89799
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87657	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111281

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease