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: 138787	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94830	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96333	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88786
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91878	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92193	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85732	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96373
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95483	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96772	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96790	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96237
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96886	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96560	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96958	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94945
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104045	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 104135	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103731	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112344
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 103543	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101096	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99530	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97371
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94815	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 119106

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease