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: 176477	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120878	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123120	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 112148
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 115728	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116136	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107535	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122555
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121584	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122445	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122083	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121741
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122257	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122282	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123271	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120896
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133651	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134199	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 133751	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 145479
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 132631	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 129337	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 127275	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124388
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121352	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 152330

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease