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: 132928	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90780	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92322	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85139
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88152	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88440	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82056	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91863
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91089	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92311	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92347	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91841
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92476	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92100	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92337	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90354
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98515	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98893	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98403	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106425
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98657	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96239	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94881	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92923
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90550	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114118

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease