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: 134013	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91700	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93244	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86041
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89072	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89312	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82916	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92827
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92077	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93291	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93374	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92812
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93424	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93058	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93334	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91356
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99785	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100105	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99640	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107749
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99693	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97290	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95913	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93897
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91471	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114956

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease