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: 125553	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85125	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86449	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76879
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79820	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79959	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73995	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85860
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85143	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86275	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86449	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86010
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86700	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86421	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86389	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84647
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88495	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88958	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88595	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95794
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92649	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90202	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88916	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86802
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84722	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 107982

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease