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: 98785	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66079	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66967	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59790
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62267	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62690	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57861	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66953
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66390	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67399	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67810	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66978
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67777	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67662	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67492	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65872
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68941	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69362	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69085	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74749
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72529	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70413	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 69270	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67331
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66002	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85798

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease