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: 134653	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92209	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93744	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86441
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89485	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89741	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83304	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93382
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92582	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93817	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93942	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93349
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93939	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93572	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93863	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91866
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100424	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100699	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100234	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108363
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100257	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97855	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96444	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94423
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91967	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115455

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease