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: 146130	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99800	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101513	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93540
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96646	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 97067	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 90445	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101730
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100751	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102112	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102002	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101610
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102107	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102023	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102458	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100302
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110402	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110604	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 110287	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 119167
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 109386	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106830	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105027	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102763
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100209	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 125646

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease