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: 142300	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97466	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99060	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91479
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94390	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94867	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88446	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99341
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98394	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99701	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99657	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99248
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99768	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99584	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100107	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97979
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108052	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108206	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107794	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116494
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106654	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104152	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102427	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100303
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97808	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122455

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease