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: 140798	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96301	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97813	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90325
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93324	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93757	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87363	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98050
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97119	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98459	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98418	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98001
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98585	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98348	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98793	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96663
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106511	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106593	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106114	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114841
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105341	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102889	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101204	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99071
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96505	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121078

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease