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: 132669	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90576	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92091	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 84825
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 87847	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88119	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 81750	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91632
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90860	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92057	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92119	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91595
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92250	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91895	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92117	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90152
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98102	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98505	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98008	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105971
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98449	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96034	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94648	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92700
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90324	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113919

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease