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: 114951	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77071	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78253	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69438
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72113	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72310	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66850	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77990
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77244	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78403	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78750	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78116
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78934	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78483	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78620	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76560
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80189	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80480	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80125	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86851
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84444	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81929	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80790	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78676
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76889	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98690

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease