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: 165322	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112239	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114368	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103836
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107140	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107710	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99911	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114307
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113272	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114489	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114087	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113884
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114397	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114321	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115096	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112856
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123438	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123857	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 123399	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 134075
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 123687	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120477	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118490	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115806
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112903	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 142104

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease