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: 141879	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97125	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98719	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91189
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94130	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94590	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88182	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99000
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98063	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99378	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99323	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98918
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99452	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99243	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99753	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97669
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107664	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107855	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107387	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116107
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106315	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103803	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102088	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99990
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97483	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122052

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease