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: 144960	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98972	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100698	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92753
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95782	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 96219	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89672	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100931
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99971	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101290	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101213	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 100817
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101325	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101238	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101716	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99539
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109568	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109762	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 109399	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 118225
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 108489	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105949	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104179	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 101955
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99384	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 124519

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease