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: 135872	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92996	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94516	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87122
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90181	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90444	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83980	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94223
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93417	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94653	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94754	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94131
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94765	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94413	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94777	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92744
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101358	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101630	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101087	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109384
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101185	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98723	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97360	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95285
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92787	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116500

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease