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: 136662	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93411	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94937	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87466
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90552	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90823	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84362	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94767
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93992	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95171	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95253	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94654
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95295	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94961	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95368	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93339
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101910	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102132	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 101635	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109991
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101840	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99339	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97898	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95790
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93294	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 117226

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease