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: 114369	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76676	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77869	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69076
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71758	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71974	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66546	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77600
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76840	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77981	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78330	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77738
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78529	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78051	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78184	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76140
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79762	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80053	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79673	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86375
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84057	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81501	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80373	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78240
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76490	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98305

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease