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: 129585	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87962	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89372	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82506
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85505	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85758	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79448	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88845
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88068	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89294	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89384	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88872
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89639	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89293	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89368	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87520
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95009	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95478	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95054	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102775
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95690	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93307	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91932	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89768
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87623	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111257

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease