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: 138506	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94638	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96147	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88597
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91693	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92013	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85536	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96142
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95285	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96542	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96568	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96042
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96679	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96313	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96714	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94712
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103736	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103847	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103437	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112021
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103341	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100866	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99334	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97152
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94607	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118846

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease