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: 93348	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62570	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63546	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56698
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 58906	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59473	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 54883	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63396
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62900	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63919	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64340	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63325
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64272	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64171	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63928	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62352
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65303	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65867	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65496	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70812
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68697	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66522	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65617	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63675
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62605	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81357

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease