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: 146271	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99918	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101650	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93655
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96756	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97198	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90548	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101867
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100881	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102231	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102117	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101730
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102243	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102127	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102572	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100418
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110575	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110753	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119364
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109534	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106957	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105174	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102871
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100329	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125766

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease