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: 114525	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76804	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78006	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69207
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71886	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72101	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66659	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77742
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76977	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78119	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78462	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77865
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78647	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78197	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78339	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76283
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79900	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80200	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79831	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86537
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84199	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81646	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80515	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78385
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76627	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98430

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease