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: 98312	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65747	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66658	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 59529
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 61921	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 62446	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 57632	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66588
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66090	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67057	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67465	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66628
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67466	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67349	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 67176	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65569
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68580	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69056	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 68732	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74385
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 72190	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 70038	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 68959	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 66919
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 65699	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85455

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease