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: 117899	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79087	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80343	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71262
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74064	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74269	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68542	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79998
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79261	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80346	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80710	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 79988
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80913	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80542	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80602	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78633
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82195	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82584	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82230	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89068
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86599	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83969	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82889	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80741
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78857	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101184

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease