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: 137614	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93997	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95519	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87954
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91077	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91367	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84882	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95444
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94591	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95818	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95884	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95303
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95945	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95625	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96016	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94013
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102669	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102853	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102408	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110842
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102555	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100111	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98630	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96439
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93922	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118016

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease