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: 34910	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26581	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26669	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 25569
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 25782	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 26313	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 24825	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27152
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27104	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27304	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27266	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26853
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26991	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27120	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26893	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26878
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 29061	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 29109	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 29495	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 30656
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 28352	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27814	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27461	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 27223
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 26571	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 31982

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease