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: 126664	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85861	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87224	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 78318
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81271	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81408	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 75363	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86635
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85898	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87022	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87200	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86756
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87466	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87173	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87188	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85414
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89970	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90527	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90047	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97402
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93436	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91026	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89682	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87559
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85477	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108943

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease