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: 163501	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110765	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112846	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102442
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 105717	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 106318	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 98530	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112999
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111885	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113098	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112774	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112515
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112980	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 112932	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 113644	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111462
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121776	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 122156	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 121708	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 132231
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122130	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 118949	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 116960	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114333
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111415	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 140478

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease