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: 93539	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62727	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63701	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 56835
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59024	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59608	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 55012	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63551
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63045	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64057	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64496	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63494
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64419	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64329	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 64099	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62498
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65438	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66023	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 65636	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 70963
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68855	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66695	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65773	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 63836
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 62773	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81524

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease