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: 142621	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97670	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99307	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 91605
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 94518	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95012	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 88564	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99581
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98627	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99918	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99867	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99469
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99988	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99796	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100328	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98206
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108210	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 108366	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107946	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 116684
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 106892	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104403	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 102680	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100537
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98014	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122648

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease