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: 158271	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107116	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109166	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100139
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103416	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103929	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96538	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109358
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108278	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109618	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109366	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109104
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109627	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109503	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110118	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107885
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118861	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119148	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118752	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 128860
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118156	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115087	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113194	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110541
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107765	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 136890

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease