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: 129897	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88224	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89641	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 82715
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85722	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85963	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 79689	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89126
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88375	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89576	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89645	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89154
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89879	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89566	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89619	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87770
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95302	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95794	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 95370	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 103109
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 95955	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93569	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92201	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90057
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87898	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 111516

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease