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: 121453	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81935	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83207	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73791
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76657	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76860	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71016	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82730
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81927	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83108	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83399	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82793
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83553	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83250	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83274	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81456
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85007	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85454	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92109
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89489	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86874	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85671	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83631
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81587	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104300

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease