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: 129684	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88052	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89464	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82576
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85585	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85838	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79531	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88941
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88159	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89388	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89473	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88962
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89719	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89391	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89452	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87589
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95146	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95611	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95193	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102917
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95781	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93401	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92026	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89863
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87717	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111322

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease