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: 122818	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83021	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84351	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74847
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77732	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77906	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72009	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83799
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83089	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84247	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84496	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83996
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84593	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84378	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84358	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82508
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86151	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86599	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86278	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93318
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90584	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88033	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86795	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84720
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82661	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105624

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease