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: 114596	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76847	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78044	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69235
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71922	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72129	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66689	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77775
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77016	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78163	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78500	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77906
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78693	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78235	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78381	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76323
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79943	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80243	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79874	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86596
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84232	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81696	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80554	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78430
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76667	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98466

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease