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: 128449	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86977	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88385	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80362
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83372	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83496	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77246	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87805
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87002	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88182	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88404	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87882
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88675	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88315	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88335	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86511
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92274	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92893	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92447	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100101
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94679	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92335	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90919	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88788
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86603	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110381

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease