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: 140520	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96088	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97592	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90096
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93107	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93529	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87115	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97817
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96883	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98218	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98171	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97744
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98313	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98069	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98504	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96424
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106148	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106222	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105734	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 114485
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105070	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102603	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100940	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98828
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96230	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 120803

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease