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: 110093	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73675	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74828	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66514
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69206	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69641	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 64211	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74640
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73976	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75136	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75364	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 74751
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75542	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75114	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75284	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73550
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76813	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77086	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76812	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83392
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80993	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78585	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77420	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 75259
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 73619	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94990

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease