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: 129717	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88078	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89496	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82588
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85604	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85859	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79552	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88972
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88191	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89422	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89491	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88995
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89751	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89417	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89479	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87617
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95171	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95638	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95225	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 102946
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95806	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93420	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92050	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89888
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87748	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111337

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease